Framed Chicago Daily Tribune, archival print, front page dated Saturday, August 31, 1940, featuring the prominent World War II headline “BERLIN BOMBED; FIRES RAGE” with the subheadline “Rout 1,500 Nazi Planes in Day’s Battle; Report 62 Downed.” The front page reports on British air raids against Berlin during the early stages of WWII and the Battle of Britain.
Presented under glass with cream matting in a wood frame. Significant moisture/water staining is visible across the reverse backing. This item is in good pre-owned, previously displayed condition with light wear and surface scratches. Please reference all photos for full details.
Frame: 22 1/4" x 26 1/2" x 3/4". Weight: 4.5 lbs
This item is originally from the collection of liquor icon Michel Roux. One of Mr. Roux’s signature spirits at Crillon was absinthe, the anise-flavored spirit known for its popularity among 19th-century artists like van Gogh and Toulouse-Lautrec. It was banned by the United States in 1912 amid concerns that wormwood, one of its ingredients, which contained thujone, caused hallucinations. In 2000, Mr. Roux introduced a legal absinthe, Absente, which used a sister botanical, Southern wormwood, with only trace amounts of thujone.
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