Rex Restaurant, San Francisco, 1942 Sizes:A3+ (329x483mm, 13x19 inch) Archival Print (Unframed) As the years went on

As the years went on

it started out as a speakeasy and

turned up at El Morocco at the height of its chic

Hollywood celebrity

Famed for its ornately decorated ceilings and elaborate wood paneling

Rex Restaurant, San Francisco, 1942 Sizes:A3+ (329x483mm, 13x19 inch) Archival Print (Unframed) As the years went onThis wine list, with its beautifully simple graphic of sparkling wine being poured into a glass, was from The Rex restaurant in San Francisco. Prohibition had decimated the California wine industry. In 1919, there were 2500 wineries and by the 1930s only about a hundred wineries were still in existence. Later, WW2 would halt any serious growth. But restaurateur Rino Del Curto, gathered the best that was available for this 1942 wine list, serving wines