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Thanksgiving menu, Thursday, November 29, 1883, Dunlap House

Date

1883-11-29

Archival Collection

Description

Note: Color illustration on front cover, has initials E W (possibly E.W. Kemble) in lower right corner and a poem, Thank Heaven we're only little wobblers. Look at the fate of elder gobblers. Illustration copyright 1883 by L. Prang & Co. Boston Menu insert: Poems; Humorous features Restaurant: The Dunlap House Location: Jacksonville, Illinois, United States

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Lincoln House, menu, Sunday, July 25, 1880

Date

1880-07-25

Archival Collection

Description

Note: Front cover has Baker Company illustration of Lincoln House. Menu lists hours of meals. Includes disclaimer of added charges for menu variations and room service. Wine list available upon request. Back cover has illustration of a man and a house Menu insert: Directory of services Restaurant: Lincoln House Location: Lincoln, Illinois, United States

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The Library, An Eating and Drinking Emporium, menu

Date

1950 (year approximate) to 1980 (year approximate)

Description

Note: Menu resembles an old library check-out card and has a library theme, with the menu featured as a "table of contents;" vertical sides of menu have punched holes in them. Includes wine list Menu insert: Daily Specials; Wine lists Restaurant: The Library Location: 3405 Bailey Ave., Buffalo, New York, United States

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El Cortez Hotel Coffee Shop, menu, Monday, November 11, 1957

Date

1957-11-11

Description

Note: Separate sheet clipped in with additional food choices and the date. Photographs of hotel on back of menu. Menu includes two "deflation special" inserts. Back of menu has space for message, address and postage stamp Menu insert: Daily Specials; Advertisements Restaurant: Hotel El Cortez Coffee Shop Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

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Sultan's Table, dinner menu

Date

1950 (year approximate) to 1980 (year approximate)

Description

Note: Restaurant designed to emulate Fouquet's Parisian restaurants; includes menu insert featuring "La Menu Classique du Sultan"; gold chord at menu spine; Image or Renoir's 'Moulin de la Galette' on menu insert Menu insert: Advertisements Restaurant: Sultan's Table Location: Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

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Memorial to President Ulysses S. Grant, menu, Saturday, August 8, 1885, Aborn House

Date

1885-08-08

Archival Collection

Description

Note: Embossed portrait of President Grant on cover; menu bound with black ribbon. Quotes on page 2: "I can go in safety where millions have gone before;" "Let the Blue and Gray shake hands today;" "Let us have peace" (Grant's 1868 campaign slogan) Restaurant: Aborn House Location: Des Moines, Iowa, United States

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Thanksgiving dinner menu, 1883, The Arlington

Date

1883-11

Archival Collection

Description

Note: Illustration by W. Halsall on front cover, engraved by John A. Lowell & Co., no. 59A. "Wine cards can be had from the waiters in the dining room" printed at bottom of page 2. "Corkage, $1 per bottle. Perfumed by A. B. Stewart, Druggist" printed at bottom of wine list Menu insert: Wine lists Restaurant: The Arlington Location: Seattle, Washington Territory, United States

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St. Nicholas Hotel, banquet in honor of Thomas Jefferson, menu, April 26, 1905

Date

1905-04-26

Archival Collection

Description

Note: Embossed text on menu cover. Menu is bound by an off-white cord. Menu includes listing of individuals proposing toasts and committee members. Menu features images of the St. Nicholas Hotel and the Illinois Capitol Building Menu insert: Toasts Restaurant: St. Nicholas Hotel (Springfield, Ill.) Location: Springfield, Illinois, United States

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The Tremont, menu, October 12, 1884

Date

1884-10-12

Archival Collection

Description

Note: Compliments of Henry Weaver Supt. is handwritten at bottom right corner of menu. Corners of menu are rounded Restaurant: Tremont House (Galveston, Tex.) Location: Galveston, Texas, United States

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Race Brothers Oyster House and Cafe dinner menu, Saturday, February 28, 1885

Date

1885-02-28

Archival Collection

Description

Note: Hours listed on menu, from 11:30-2:30 p. m Restaurant: Race Brothers Oyster House and Café Location: 114 Madison Street, Chicago, Illinois, United States

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