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New Year's menu, unknown restaurant

Date

1870 to 1933

Archival Collection

Description

Note: Menu folds into its own enevelope. "Wishing you a happy New Year" printed on the "flaps;" "G.J. Cross" stamped on the back of the menu. Possibly from Barss House in Peru, Indiana, where G.J. Cross was the proprietor Location: United States

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Mount Charleston Ski-Bar Ranch, menu, circa 1944

Date

1905-04-27

Archival Collection

Description

Note: Menu was folded in half and sent through the mail. Handwritten text on menu. Also includes additional information about the ski-bar ranch Restaurant: Mt. Charleston Ski-Bar Ranch Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, 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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The Barret House dinner menu, Sunday, August 24, 1884

Date

1884-08-24

Archival Collection

Description

Note: Menu folds into an envelope. Dinner from 1 to 3. Handwritten on front of envelope, Compliments of C. H. Harper; the Barret House was built in 1844 by Richard Barret Restaurant: Barret House (Burlington, Iowa) Location: West corner of Jefferson and Third streets, Burlington, Iowa, United States

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Thanksgiving dinner 1908, menu, Hotel Throop

Date

1908-11-26

Archival Collection

Description

Note: Red cord and tassel; illustrated with oak branches and leaves, acorns; ivory, rose and light blue marbled paper; page 5 folds over from left side of page 6. Verse from "At the Opera House" on page 3 Restaurant: Hotel Throop Location: Topeka, Kansas, United States

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Sans Souci Restaurant menu

Date

1950 (year approximate) to 1980 (year approximate)

Description

Note: No date. Folds into a postcard with address on one side and message on the other side. The inside of the postcard contains the restaurant's daily specials and entertainment information at the hotel's Jamaica Room Menu insert: Daily Specials; Event programs Restaurant: Sans Souci Restaurant Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

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The Southern, menu, Sunday, July 16, 1882

Date

1882-07-16

Archival Collection

Description

Note: Folded menu with envelope. The envelope has a partial cancellation mark but the stamp is missing. It is addressed "The Hotel World, Chicago, Ills." The back of the envelope has a monogrammed SH. Menu and envelope are printed on tan paper with a reptilian scale pattern. "Thoroughly Fire-proof" is printed on the front of the menu Restaurant: The Southern Location: St. Louis, Missouri, United States

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Hotel Last Frontier, menu

Date

1905-04-26

Description

Note: Cover has illustration of stagecoach in front of the hotel. Inside of menu has illustration of the hotel and property. Back of menu has handwritten message dated Nov. 20, 1943. Menu can be folded into a postcard for mailing; includes information about "scenic attractions convenient to Hotel Last Frontier." Menu insert: Advertisements Restaurant: Hotel Last Frontier Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

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The Ramona Room, menu

Date

1947-05-24

Description

Note: Dinner menu for May 24, 1947 enclosed. Cover has illustration of cowboys cooking around a campfire and a contemporary illustration of the hotel signed by Elmer Davis. Menu can be folded into a postcard for mailing; includes information about "scenic attractions convenient to Hotel Last Frontier." Menu insert: Daily Specials Restaurant: Ramona Room Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

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