This 1946 menu cover, showing a series of charming vignettes featuring San Francisco, is from the city’s famous luxury hotel the Mark Hopkins.

Located at the top of Nob Hill in San Francisco, the original building was a crenelated, castle-type mansion constructed for Mark Hopkins, one of the founders of the Central Pacific Railroad.

He died in 1878, before his dream home was completed, and his wife Mary left the mansion to her second husband Edward Francis Searles after her death. In 1893, he donated the building and the grounds to the San Francisco Art Association for use as a school and museum.

Although the mansion survived the 1906 earthquake, the enormous building  was destroyed by the three-day fire that raged following the earthquake.

Millionaire businessman George D Smith purchased the site and built the Mark Hopkins, which opened in 1926.

The hotel’s Top of the Mark lounge on the 19th floor became a favored place during WWII for servicemen and women bound for the South Pacific to say goodbye to their sweethearts. With its panoramic views, it remains a popular spot today.

The Mark Hopkins hotel is listed as a San Francisco Designated Landmark and is managed by the Intercontinental Hotels Group.