Sardi's (Restaurant) caricatures and papers, 1913-1976.

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Sardi's (Restaurant) caricatures and papers, 1913-1976.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122625985

The bulk of this collection is the drawings by three caricaturists: Alex Gard, John Mackey and Don Bevan for the walls of Sardi's.

Caricatures: 8 boxes.Papers: 1 box.

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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SNAC Resource ID: 6794752

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Mackey, John Timothy

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Freeman, Donald, 1908-1978.

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Bevan, Donald

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Don Bevan, American playwright, was also a caricaturist for Sardi's restaurant in New York City. From the description of Caricature of Mayor John Lindsay, 1967. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 700069629 ...

Gard, Alex.

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Sardi's (Restaurant)

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Sardi's restaurant at 234 West 44th Street in New York City's theater district was opened on March 5, 1927 by Vincent and Eugenia Sardi. Inspired by a Paris restaurant, Sardi contracted with caricaturists to draw prominent restaurant patrons to illustrate the walls. The first caricaturist was Alex Gard who received a meal a day in return for his drawings and drew for Sardi's until his death in 1948. He was followed by John Mackey, whose tenure was brief, and then Don Bev...