I Like Gin Pink Elephant, San Francisco, 1930s [Portrait Prints] Banquets The Pioneer operated for the

The Pioneer operated for the last 12 years by Mike Sentipol

who had worked with fellow ceramicist Nicholas Vergette before he emigrated to the US

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) of the Chinese restaurants in the area

I Like Gin Pink Elephant, San Francisco, 1930s [Portrait Prints] Banquets The Pioneer operated for theAlso 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