Post #760604 by HopeChest on Thu, Mar 10, 2016 2:33 PM

On 2016-03-09 21:48, TabooDan wrote:
Those mugs are crazy!! Great design and very cool idea! Its also great they have the bar name on them. It really makes me wonder though when they were produced? Seems quite a "risky" design and idea for such an early bar. Some, in a public setting, might even be offended by this style. But not here! We love them!

One of the main reasons International Settlement got its name was to attract servicemen either on leave or shipping out, as SF was very much THE gateway to the Pacific during that time. Looking at the lovely ladies on the menu, napkins, bar back mural in the sepia-tone picture, and the mug, it all seems very much of a "theme". I can totally see some sailor proudly showing off a mug like that to his mates!

And maybe it's just me, but the script / writing on that one mug looks SO familiar...something about that particularly stylized lettering is making me think I've seen something very similar before, possibly on another Bay Area establishment's mug, but I'll be damned if I can remember where or what...