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Thanksgiving 1906, menu, November 29, 1906, Jefferson Hotel

Date
1906-11-29
Description
Note: Red cord; lower right corner of front page is turned up and fastened with a tiny white bow; includes music program Menu insert: Music Programs Restaurant: Jefferson Hotel (Toledo, Ohio) Location: Toledo, Ohio, United States

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

Date
1907-11-28
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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