The Blackhawk, Chicago, 1933 1960 the railroad tycoon and founder

the railroad tycoon and founder of the New York Central Railroad System

this wasn't San Francisco in the Sixties

Courtesy Herbert Beazley Collection

becoming the world’s first “celebrity”chef

This two shillings and sixpence (12 1/2 pence in decimal) luncheon menu from October 1906 would have cost the 2010 (only data available) equivalent of  £10

The Blackhawk, Chicago, 1933 1960 the railroad tycoon and founderThe Blackhawk opened its doors for the first time in Chicago on December 27, 1920, and generations of Americans eagerly gathered around their radios on Saturday nights to listen to its syndicated show "Live! From the Blackhawk!" Carlton Coon Joe Sanders and the Kansas City Nighthawks were the first house band and the actor and jazz singer Mel Torme, nicknamed the Velvet Fog because of the quality of his voice, debuted there in 1929, at the tender age