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businessman and politicians came to let their hair down
by arranging for local farmers to call in reports to a New England broadcasting station
Laurence Olivier and Dame Nellie Melba among others
“You could come in in a mink coat or Bermuda shorts
Rector's, New York 1913 Lasserre Properly framed or storedThis was the legendary "lobster palace" on Broadway in Times Square. Charles Rector had already launched a successful seafood restaurant in Chicago in 1884, when he opened a second Rector's in New York City in 1899. This was a time of high living, high flying financiers, actors, singers and gamblers, who liked to spend their large rolls of cash lavishly. The goal was to be seen, and Rector's on Broadway, in the heart of the theater district, was in