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James Sessions WWII Images on Menus

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Bill shared an image of a menu from the Blackstone Hotel in Omaha. It was one of several hotels that featured James Sessions’ images on hotel menus. Anyone know the history behind why hotels were doing that?

For a complete overview of the Willys-Overland WWII (and post WWII) illustrations featuring jeeps, this page demonstrates how the illustrations unfolded over the years 1941-1946. For an analysis of how the changes in verbiage may have reflected changes as Willys-Overland during the war years, view this page.

I’m sure there are more examples than the ones gathered below. Here is what I have so far:

This is the Blackstone Hotel example that Bill shared:

New-Guinea-Jeep-bill-willys-overland-hotel

This one is from the Lexington Hotel in New York City:

lexington-hotel-menu-thanksgiving1

And this one is from the Hotel New Yorker:

1944-manhattan-room-nyc-menu2

This menu:

1944-menu-benjamin-franklin-hotel-pa1

The Benjamin Franklin also ran this other menu with a different illustration:

1946-menu-born-in-war

 

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