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Windsor Castle, menu, November 21, 1902

Date
1902-11-21
Description
Note: Menu shows the monogram of the King Edward VII (E VII R) Restaurant: Windsor Castle Location: Windsor, Berkshire, England

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Program for the Italian Benevolent Society and the Home for Aged Poor eleventh annual ball, Wednesday, March 20, 1901, The Monico, International Hall

Date
1901-03-20
Description

Note: Includes financial records of past balls, music program and a dancing engagement card with some signatures and with attached pencil. Program also states that the ball is "under the patronage of Count Francesco Bottaro-Costa, Chargé d'Affaires of H.M. The King of Italy." Menu insert: Dancing engagement cards; Music Programs; Event programs; Quotations Restaurant: The Monico Location: London, England

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St. Andrew's Conclave banquet, menu, Wednesday, November 27, 1901, at the Freemasons' Tavern

Date
1901-11-27
Description
Restaurant: Freemasons' Tavern Location: Great Queen Street, D.C., London, England

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Mark Grand Officers Mess banquet, menu, Tuesday, March 4, 1902, at Freemason's Tavern

Date
1902-03-04
Description
Note: Erard's Pianos exclusively used Restaurant: Freemasons' Tavern Location: Great Queen Street, D.C., London, England

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The Worshipful Company of Blacksmiths, event, menu, Trocadero Restaurant

Date
1870 (year approximate) to 1933 (year approximate)
Description

Note: Prime Warden: Rev. Alfred Marshall, M.A Restaurant: Trocadero Restaurant Location: Piccadilly Circus, W., London, England

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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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United States Hotel, lunch menu, Sunday

Date
1870 to 1933
Description
Note: Menu partially handwritten Restaurant: United States Hotel Location: Portland, Maine, 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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Original plat, townsite of Las Vegas, Lincoln Co., Nevada, January 13, 1905

Date
1905-01-13
Description

Subtitle: 'Embracing the N. 1/2 of S.W. 1/4 Sec. 27 Township 20S. R.61E. Mt. Diablo Meridian.' 'Book 1, page 17A" handwritten in lower right corner. Signed by Henry Lee, County Recorder, Lincoln County Nevada. 'Filed at request of J.T. Williams, January 13th A.D. 1905.' Backwards handwriting on right side. Map has a Lincoln County seal on the bottom near the center. In the dedication J.T. McWilliams states that he has surveyed and platted the townsite of Las Vegas subject to the right of way of the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company. He signed the dedication on Jan. 13, 1905, and it was signed by witnesses Scale [ca. 1:2,520? 1 inch to approx. 210 feet?]. Copy of a blueline print.

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Map of Clark's Las Vegas Townsite, May 8, 1905

Date
1905-05-08
Description
'Book 1, Page 37.' 'Dated: May 8th, 1905.' Subtitle: 'Being a sub-division of parts of the W.1/2 and the W.1/2 of the N.E.1/4 of Section 34 and the S.1/2 of the S.W.1/4 of Section 27 T.20 S.R. 61 E, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, Lincoln County, Nevada. A Plat map. Blueline print. Scale [ca. 1:2,400]. 1 in. to 200 feet.

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