Nicholson, John Hobson (British artist, born 1911)

Window designer and restauranteur, John Nicholson, born in St. Louis, Mo. in 1916. The only son of Romanians, Johnny Bulica changed his name to John Nicholson in the 1920s to lose the Old World connection.

Mr. Nicholson received some practical design experience while working for the St. Louis department store, Stix, Baer & Fuller before coming to New York City in the early 1940s. Mr. Nicholson worked for two years with Lord & Taylor as a display and window designer before opening Cafe Nicholson--a restaurant that he has managed for nearly 50 years and which closed in 1999.

From the description of John Nicholson photographs, 1946-1947. (Smithsonian Institution Libraries). WorldCat record id: 51859145