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Photograph of Donn Arden with dancer and costumers, 1940s

Date

1940 to 1949

Archival Collection

Description

Donn Arden, holding a costume sketch, examines the fringed, short-skirted two-piece costume worn by a dancer backstage. A costume mistress measures the dancer's skirt with a tape measure. An unidentifed man holding a length of fabric is seen on the right.

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Banquet given by the Municipality of Saint Paul on the completion of the Northern Pacific Railroad, menu, September 3, 1883 at Hotel Lafayette

Date

1883-09-03

Archival Collection

Description

Note: Menu has blue tassels and blue thread fringe around the edges. Back cover is monogrammed "NPPR" -- for Northern Pacific Railroad Company Menu insert: Wine lists Restaurant: Hotel Lafayette (Saint Paul, Minn.) Location: Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States

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Menu for farewell dinner, P. W. Gates Jr. to the Patrons of the Gault House, April 29, 1883

Date

1883-04-29

Archival Collection

Description

Note: Menu decorated with light blue fringe border; die-cut shield pasted on cover decorated with light blue ribbon. P. W. Gates Jr. was the prorpietor of the Gault House and sold it in 1882 Restaurant: Gault House (Chicago, Ill.) Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States

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