Hotel New Yorker "Arms", New York, 1942 Sizes:A3 (297x420mm) Archival Print (Unframed) and others in the series

and others in the series

with the club then grossing —officially

would often accept a drawing or a painting from an artist who could not pay the bill

MacDonald was born in the Argentine in 1898 to British parents

Hotel New Yorker "Arms", New York, 1942 Sizes:A3 (297x420mm) Archival Print (Unframed) and others in the seriesCompleted in 1929, the Hotel New Yorker boasted 2,500 rooms within its 43 stories and was, in that era, the tallest and most mechanized hotel in the world. It also had its own print shop that produced classic menus like this four part series from 1942, the year after the attack on Pearl Harbor that brought America into the Second World War. In striking colors, these menu covers proudly declared that America "rallies its resources in times of need."