The Excursion travels series consists of cruise and train menus dating from 1880 to 1939. Items include menus from intercontinental cruise liners, cross-country train routes, and daily cruise ship menus and programs.
Archival Collection
Bohn-Bettoni Menu Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00793 Collection Name: Bohn-Bettoni Menu Collection Box/Folder: N/A
Note: Cover is embossed with illustration of an Elizabethan troubadour playing a stringed instrument, on a horse, beneath a balcony; additional embossed floral motif; menu edges are scalloped Restaurant: Hotel Phelps Location: Greenville, Michigan, United States
Note: Cover has illustration of maple leaves. Menu is bound with green cord. Two short poems are included Menu insert: Poems Restaurant: Hotel Clegg Location: Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
Note: Illustration of the hotel, and the hotel logo, on the cover. Includes music program; C. Casser, musical director Menu insert: Music Programs Restaurant: The Antlers Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
Note: Cover features illustration of a pixie (or elf with wings) carrying a steaming dish on a tray. Menu has scalloped edges Restaurant: National Hotel Location: Peoria, Illinois, United States
Note: Rate of board $2.00 per day Menu insert: Wine lists; Spirits Lists; Advertisements Restaurant: Edgerton House Location: Macon, Georgia, United States
Note: Illustration on cover of young woman in costume as Ophelia (from "Hamlet") Restaurant: Sweet's Hotel Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States