La Conga, New York, 1950s Gypsy With their black and white

With their black and white “suits” they were smartly dressed – and who better to convey the pleasure of a chilled cocktail than penguins

and held on the day preceding Christmas and New Year’s Day

The Hotels Splendide

It’s fun to look back at this stuff

La Conga, New York, 1950s Gypsy With their black and whiteWhere the conga dance (line), originally a street dance in Cuba, began its popularity in America. La Conga opened on Broadway and 51st in 1929 and by 1937 it was wildly popular in New York. The rest, as they say, is history. This fabulously black menu cover is from the early 1950s. Courtesy Private Collection. Each print is accompanied by a copy of the interior menu where available. We make our prints with archival quality fine art paper, using