I Couldn't Lift This Barrel Pink Elephant, San Francisco, 1930s [Portrait Prints] Sizes:A3 (297x420mm) Archival Print (Unframed) was born in 1835 and

was born in 1835 and spent his childhood in Hannibal

It ran from New York to Buffalo from 1896 until 1959

The artwork is by Frank Henry Mason (1875-1965)

He died in 1904

I Couldn't Lift This Barrel Pink Elephant, San Francisco, 1930s [Portrait Prints] Sizes:A3 (297x420mm) Archival Print (Unframed) was born in 1835 andAlso available as a square print. The euphemism seeing pink elephants was first used in the 19th century to describe the hallucinations experienced by drinkers of absinthe, the anise flavored and highly alcoholic beverage associated with bohemian culture, especially among artists and writers in Paris. Vincent Van Gogh, Ernest Hemingway and Oscar Wilde were well known absinthe drinkers. Absinthe was banned by 1915 but the phrase remained popular up to