San Francisco's iconic Cliff House, shortly before it was destroyed by fire in 1907 .

Three-martini lunchtime at the Plaza Hotel's Oak Room circa 1974.

Easter Sunday 1957 in Fort Wayne, Indiana

Lunchtime in Depression-era Indiana at Fort Wayne's Famous Coney Island, 1935. After more than 100 years in the same location, the place is still in business and looks remarkably unchanged .

The Dakota circa 1890, when NYC's Upper West Side was the fringe of upper-crust civility. How times have changed.