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New Year's Eve 1908, menu, Hotel Butler Cafe

Date

1908-12-31 to 1909-01-01

Archival Collection

Description

Note: Menu is folded to be mailed as a postcard, with space for a message, address and stamp. Addressed to "Mr. John Bohn, The Hotel World, Chicago." Inside of menu has pop-up illustrations of "Father Time" (1908) and a cherub with arrows pointing towards the the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (1909). Toasts to the old and new years and lyrics to "Auld Lang Syne" are printed inside. Music program included; music by Schmidt's Orchestra. Champagne list included. Back of the menu features photographs of buildings at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, "ready June first, 1909." Menu insert: Toasts; Wine lists; Song Lyrics Restaurant: Hotel Butler Café Location: Seattle, Washington, United States

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Thanksgiving dinner menu, November 28, 1907, French Lick Springs Hotel

Date

1907-11-28

Archival Collection

Description

Note: Tri-fold with two color post cards. Although unidentified, the top postcard shows the Pluto sulfur spring, covered by a gazebo, in French Lick, Indiana; the bottom postcard shows the hotel-spa. The menu side shows a red devil figure atop a bottle, labeled "Pluto Concentrated Spring Water," on wheels, hitched to a running turkey. The "devil" is the Roman god Pluto as rendered as an advertising icon for the Pluto Water Co. Post card side is addresed to H.J. Bohn. Extract from the poem "The Pumpkin" by John Greenleaf Whittier included Menu insert: Poems; Advertisements Restaurant: French Lick Springs Hotel Location: French Lick, Indiana, United States

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New Year's Day 1909, menu, Hotel Newberry

Date

1909-01-01

Archival Collection

Description

Restaurant: Hotel Newberry

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Menu for the opening of the Louvre Restaurant, Thursday, April 2, 1891

Date

1891-04-02

Archival Collection

Description

Menu insert: Wine lists; Toasts; Quotations Restaurant: Louvre Restaurant

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Regent House, menu, October 5, 1890

Date

1890-10-05

Archival Collection

Description

Restaurant: Regent House

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Thanksgiving menu, The Savery, 1899

Date

1905-03-13

Archival Collection

Description

Restaurant: The Savery Location: Des Moines, Iowa, United States

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Thanksgiving dinner menu, Union Hotel, Thursday, November 27, 1890

Date

1890-11-27

Archival Collection

Description

Restaurant: Union Hotel

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Thanksgiving menu, The Woodruff, November 27, 1890

Date

1890-11-27

Archival Collection

Description

Note: Scalloped edges Restaurant: The Woodruff

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Thanksgiving menu, 1883, The Antlers

Date

1905-02-25

Archival Collection

Description

Restaurant: The Antlers Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States

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