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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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Thanksgiving dinner menu, November 26, 1908, Hotel Newberry

Date

1908-11-26

Archival Collection

Description

Note: Ivory cord & tassel Restaurant: Hotel Newberry Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States

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Thanksgiving dinner menu, November 26, 1908, St. Nicholas Hotel

Date

1908-11-26

Archival Collection

Description

Note: Red cord; illustrated with oak branches and leaves, acorns; ivory, rose and light blue marbled paper; page 4 folds over from left side of page 5 Restaurant: St. Nicholas Hotel (Springfield, Ill.) Location: Springfield, Illinois, United States

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