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Menu for a dinner at the Hotel Cadillac on Evacuation Day, Saturday, July 11, 1896

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Date

1896-07-11

Description

Note: Passage inside menu describes Evacuation Day as occurring on July 11, 1796, when the British formally left Detroit and the American flag was first flown over the city. Cover illustration shows the lowering of the British flag over Fort Detroit and raising of the U.S. flag over a nearby gunboat. Cover is also illustrated with U.S. flags, sabers, laurel leaves, a shield with an eagle, red, white and blue ribbon, and 3-dimensional brass fleurs-de-lis. Menu edges are scalloped Menu insert: Music Programs Restaurant: Hotel Cadillac (Detroit, Mich.) Location: Detroit, Michigan, United States

Digital ID

men001493

Permalink

http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d15m62q23
Details

Contributor

Contributor: Winn & Hammond (Firm)

Subject

Menus
Menu design
Restaurant management--Prices
Dinners and dining
Restaurants
Cooking
Food service
Food habits
Manners and customs
Banners
Flags
Wreaths
Eagles
Shields
Emblems
Military decorations
Ribbons
Artillery
Flowers
Caricatures and cartoons
Musical instruments
Angels
Cooking, European
Farmer, H.

Time Period

1890s (1890 - 1899)

Resource Type

Text

Material Type

menus

Source

Menu for a dinner at the Hotel Cadillac on Evacuation Day, 1896 July 11

Archival Collection

Bohn-Bettoni Menu Collection

Digital Project

Menus: The Art of Dining

Citation

men001493. Bohn-Bettoni Menu Collection, 1854-1939. MS-00793. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d15m62q23

Rights

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Standardized Rights Statement

Copyright Not Evaluated

Digital Provenance

Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room

Extent

10 x 7 3/4 inches
813 bytes

Language

English

French

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

Format

image/tiff