Author: Anne Regan This pop-culture inspired cocktail paper from the post-World War II era immediately evokes images of the model 1950s suburban home. Its imagery—mostly items used within the kitchen like fruits, coffee, cocktail drinks, and even poultry—reference a variety of trends in 1950s America. The chickens and roosters are representative of fertile animals, a...

To continue the festivities of the New Year’s celebration, or possibly a little hair of the dog, I thought it appropriate to show a cocktail paper. Prohibition was enacted in 1920 with the ratification of the 18th Amendment and was officially repealed on December 5, 1933 by Franklin D. Roosevelt. So we have President Roosevelt...

The maker and designer of this 1950s American wallpaper are unknown, but that doesn’t stop it from being awesome. Pineapples, chickens and coffee pots mingle happily with martini glasses, menus and big tuna fish. An assertive group of cherries, lemons and limes reoccur frequently, and a self-satisfied sea lion balances a cocktail on his nose....