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New Year's Eve 1908, menu, Hotel Butler Cafe
Date
1908-12-31 to 1909-01-01
Description
Note: Menu is folded to be mailed as a postcard, with space for a message, address and stamp. Addressed to "Mr. John Bohn, The Hotel World, Chicago." Inside of menu has pop-up illustrations of "Father Time" (1908) and a cherub with arrows pointing towards the the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (1909). Toasts to the old and new years and lyrics to "Auld Lang Syne" are printed inside. Music program included; music by Schmidt's Orchestra. Champagne list included. Back of the menu features photographs of buildings at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, "ready June first, 1909." Menu insert: Toasts; Wine lists; Song Lyrics Restaurant: Hotel Butler Café Location: Seattle, Washington, 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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Revere House Thanksgiving Day menu, 1884
Date
1905-02-26
Description
Restaurant: Revere House Location: Springfield, Illinois, United States
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Royal Academy, menu, December 31, 1901
Date
1901-12-31
Description
Restaurant: Royal Academy of Arts Location: London, England
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Hotel Cecil menu, June 1902
Date
1902-06
Description
Restaurant: Hotel Cecil (London, England) Location: London, England
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Hotel Cecil menu, June 18, 1902
Date
1902-06-18
Description
Restaurant: Hotel Cecil (London, England) Location: London, England
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Menu for the opening of the Louvre Restaurant, Thursday, April 2, 1891
Date
1891-04-02
Description
Menu insert: Wine lists; Toasts; Quotations Restaurant: Louvre Restaurant
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Savoy Hotel, menu, November 28, 1898
Date
1898-11-28
Description
Restaurant: Savoy Hotel & Restaurant Location: London, England
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