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Painted Desert Room dinner menu, Sunday, July 29, 1956

Information

Date

1956-07-29

Description

Note: Souvenir menu; "Prickly Pear in Bloom," 1 of a set of 8 "Desert Flower" menus. Illustration on page 2 signed "Ted Sally." Page 4 includes advertisment for the hotel and space for message, address and postage stamp. List of entertainers on the program on page 2: Jimmy Durante, Eddie Jackson, Jack Roth, Jules Buffano, Jana Mason, Skeets Minton, the Donn Arden Dancers with Gloria Grey, Art Johnson, Carlton Hayes and his Orchestra Menu insert: Advertisements; Event programs Restaurant: Painted Desert Room Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Digital ID

men001332

Permalink

http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1kk94v65
Details

Contributor

Contributor: Desert Inn Hotel and Casino
Contributor: Sally, Ted, illustrator (unknown location)

Subject

Menus
Menu design
Restaurant management--Prices
Dinners and dining
Restaurants
Cooking
Food service
Food habits
Manners and customs
Flowers
Cactus
Dancers
Entertainers
Caricatures and cartoons
Musical notation
People
Golf
Horses
Boats and boating
Musicians
Restaurants--Employees
Golfers
Men
Women
Musicians
Dancers
Cooking, American
Durante, Jimmy, 1893-1980

Time Period

1950s (1950 - 1959)

Resource Type

Text

Material Type

menus

Archival Collection

UNLV University Libraries Menu Collection

Digital Project

Menus: The Art of Dining

Citation

men001332. 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/d1kk94v65

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

12 x 9 inches
643 bytes

Language

English

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

Format

image/tiff