Golden Derrick, San Antonio, Texas 1960s Pigalle A handsome establishment

A handsome establishment

The book was dedicated to Chicago-born Mrs H

had a retractable roof so guests could dance under the stars and also had a revolving stage

When the site was excavated

one of many restaurants established on the fairground

Golden Derrick, San Antonio, Texas 1960s Pigalle A handsome establishmentWas this the place to go and celebrate when you struck oil in San Antonio, Texas? This is a simply drawn but strikingly effective menu cover. There is the tower, which contains the machinery for turning the drilling bit around in the hole, and a little prospector's cabin. Since the Golden Derrick restaurant was at the Petroleum Center, we expect this is a bit romanticized but it's fun to think of newly minted oil millionaires coming here and, judging