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The Montezuma menu, Sunday, September 16, 1883 |
Portrait of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and quotation from his "Hyperion, Book II" on cover. Illustration on front of menu copyright 1883, published by Baldwin & Gleason New York, Hard & Parsons Agents, New York. Menu bound with red ribbon. Quotes... |
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St. James Hotel breakfast menu |
No date on menu. |
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Thanksgiving dinner menu, Thursday, November 27, 1879, Pierce's Palace Hotel |
The following statements appear on the menu, Apply to waiters for wine card. An extra charge will be made for fruit, nuts, etc., carried from the table. |
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The Plaza Hotel, menu, Easter Sunday, March 29, 1891 |
The Plaza Hotel opened its doors in 1880 after ten years of construction. It was demolished in 1905 and replaced by another hotel, with the same name. The new Plaza Hotel opened in 1907. New York is handwritten on the... |
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The Plaza Hotel, dinner menu, Monday, April 18th, 1892 |
New York inscribed in pencil on menu cover; burn mark on back of menu |
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St. James Hotel, lunch menu, November 22, 1893 |
New York inscribed on menu in pencil |
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The Plaza Hotel, breakfast menu, Easter 1892 |
New York handwritten on menu |
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Pierce's Palace Hotel menu, Sunday, November 23, 1879 |
Illustration on front cover titled Lake Como, Italy. The following statements appear on the menu, Apply to waiters for wine card. An extra charge will be made for fruit, nuts, etc., carried from the table. |
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Pierce's Palace Hotel, menu, Sunday, December 7, 1879 |
Image of Lake Como, Italy on the cover of the menu. Menu states: "Apply to Waiters for Wine Card." |
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Christmas menu, Tuesday, December 25, 1883, The New Osburn House |
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New York's Day Banquet, Saturday, February 22, 1890, menu, Pacific Hotel |
"New York's Day Banquet, Saturday, February 22, '90"--p. 2. Cover has oval portrait of George Washington surrounded by American flags, a drum, a sickle and a compass, set in an eye-shaped, raised frame. Lettering on the cover is raised and... |
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New Year's menu, Michigan Exchange Hotel |
Illustration copyrighted 1883 and published by Baldwin & Gleason New York, A-204 |
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St. James Hotel, menu, November 22, 1893 |
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Café Savarin, menu, April 15, 1892 |
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Murray's, menu |
Murray's Roman Gardens was created by John L. Murray, designed by architect Henry L. Erkins and opened in late 1908. |
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The Plaza Hotel, Christmas dinner menu, December 25, 1891 |
Green ribbon in upper left corner of menu cover |
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Christmas dinner menu, Kimball House |
Handwritten on menu, "Compliments of John Applegreen, Steward." |
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Thanksgiving menu, Thursday, November 30, 1882 at the Kirby House |
At the bottom of the front cover is "Kendall Bank Note Co. 285 Bway N.Y. Copyright, 1879." Inside the menu is blue with "Chandler - CO - INLPLS" at the bottom |
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Hibbard House menu, Wednesday, May 25, 1881 |
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Kalamazoo House menu, Tuesday, January, 1, 1884 |
Illustration copy right 1882, Hard & Parsons |
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Alexander's Hotel, menu, Sunday, January 18, 1885 |
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Easter Sunday menu, April 1, 1888, the Arlington Hotel |
Cross and flowers illustration on the cover is tied on with string and bears a patent date of 1886 by Baldwin & Gleason Co., Ld. The menu has an embossed name of "S.D. Childs Chicago" on the front page in... |
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Thanksgiving menu, Kimball House, 1897 |
White cord and tassel at menu spine |
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Banquet given by the Municipality of Saint Paul on the completion of the Northern Pacific... |
Menu has blue tassels and blue thread fringe around the edges. Back cover is monogrammed "NPPR" -- for Northern Pacific Railroad Company. |
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Michigan Central dining car and menu, Thursday, June 8, 1888 |
The Niagara Falls Route. Table d' Hote. Some information handwritten. |
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New Waverly menu, Thursday, November 27, 1884 |
Illustration on front cover copyrighted and published by Ph. Hake, New York |
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Hotel Astor, menu, June 10, 1905 |
"Spécialités de la Maison" featured on page 4. Illustration of the hotel on the back of the menu. |
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Hotel Rector, wine list |
Bound with olive green string. |
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Menu for the banquet to J. A. Enander by the Swedish Citizens of Jamestown, October... |
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Thanksgiving 1897, menu, Humphrey House |
Photograph on cover shows a couple bringing a basket of food to a destitute woman. Verse on cover: "They who divide the plenty/By a bounteous Father given,/Shall multiply this day the thanks/That sweetly rise to Heaven." |
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Pierce's Palace Hotel menu, Sunday, October 12, 1879 |
Below illustration on front cover, Engraved and copyrighted by J.A. Lowell & Co. Boston 1878. 7. Illustration on back cover. An extra charge will be made for fruit, nuts, etc., carried from the table. Apply to waiters for wine card. |
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Pierce's Palace Hotel menu, Sunday, October 19, 1879 |
Illustration on cover engraved and copyrighted by J. A. Lowell & Co., Boston, 1878, 8. Menu states, Apply to waiters for wine card. |
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Invalids' and Tourists' Hotel menu, Sunday, July 20, 1879 |
Menu pink in color. Menu states, Apply to waiters for wine card. Illustration engraved and copyrighted by J. A. Lowell & Co., Boston, 1879, no.10. |
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The Library, An Eating and Drinking Emporium, menu |
Menu resembles an old library check-out card and has a library theme, with the menu featured as a "table of contents;" vertical sides of menu have punched holes in them. Includes wine list. |
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Venus Room, New Frontier Hotel and Casino, menu, April 21, 1955 |
Back of menu includes space for message, address and postage stamp. |
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The Pierson, supper menu, Thursday, March 26, 1885 |
Image of the Pierson Hotel on the back of the menu |
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Arlington, menu, Sunday, August 19, 1883 |
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Menu for the fourth annual New England Banquet, December 21, 1883, Sweet's Hotel |
Embossed illustration colored with metallic paints on front cover. Illustration of hotel on the back cover. |
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Thanksgiving menu, Metropolitan Hotel |
No date on menu. Inside of menu signed, Complts of J. T. Ford |
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Thanksgiving dinner menu, Thursday, November 25, 1880, Galt House |
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Christmas menu, December 25, 1883, Sweet's Hotel |
Cards and wine lists furnished by waiters. |
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The Avenue menu, August 7, 1881 |
Menu includes a list of Shakespeare quotations titled, A Shakspearian Bill of Fare |
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Dunlap house dinner menu, Sunday, June 3, 1883 |
Handwritten note and signature from Jno. A Vickery, hotel clerk, on page 2. |
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The Southern, menu, December 8, 1881 |
Handwritten menu |
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Sweet's Hotel, five o'clock dinner menu, Sunday, December 21, 1884 |
Illustration on cover of young woman in costume as Ophelia (from "Hamlet.") |
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The Orleans dinner menu |
No date on menu. Time on menu, 6 to 8 p.m. |
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Hotel Orleans, dinner menu |
Time on menu, 6 to 8 p.m. |
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Christmas menu, 1884, The Denison |
Manager's signature is on page 2. "Private billiard room" written in pencil on back cover. |
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Alexander's Hotel, menu, December 15, 1884 |
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Thanksgiving dinner menu, 1884, St. Nicholas Hotel |
Pink cord with tassel at top center of menu. |