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Menus -- United States -- History -- 20th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Donald Ross menu collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6914
Scope and content

Menus from restaurants and events, collected by Donald Ross.

Dates: ca. 1963-1990.

Ellen Wallach and Thomas Darden, collectors, menu collection

 Collection
Identifier: 8526
Abstract

Menus from various restaurants, predominately found out west.

Dates: 1937-1986.

Harold K. Baumgardner menu collection

 Collection
Identifier: 8404
Abstract

227 restaurant menus, collected by Baumgardner, 1940s-1960s.

Dates: [ca. 1949-1965].

Helmer Hansen menu collection

 Collection
Identifier: 8405
Abstract

Menus from restaurants including the Stock Yard Inn in Chicago; Ernie's San Francisco; Jules Podell's Copacabana; The Plantations in Moline, Illinois; Hotel Emporio; Martinetti's; Trader Vic's in Oakland, CA; and La Cage in the British Colonial Hotel, Nassau, Bahamas.

Dates: [ca. 1948-1970]

Menu collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6452
Abstract

A collection of over 10,000 menus, providing evidence of the manners, mores, and food habits of earlier times.

Dates: 1851-[ca.1990]

Nestlé Library menu collection

 Collection
Identifier: 6674
Scope and content

Menus collected by the Nestle Library and used in research projects by students.

Dates: 1830 - 2012

Paul Fishbeck menu collection

 Collection
Identifier: 8418
Abstract

Menus from restaurants with personal reminiscences from Mr. Fishbeck.

Dates: 1955-2015.

Randall H. Greenlee menu collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6820
Scope and content

Menus, primarily dating from the 1950s, from restaurants, hotels, railroads, airlines, and steamships across the U.S. and abroad. Includes menus from the French Line, the Holland-America Line, the Queen Mary, and the S.S. Bremen (1934-1935)

Dates: 1934-1993.

William and Joan Ellis Menu Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 8538
Scope and content Collection includes menus collected by William and Joan Ellis during their travels. A significant portion of the collection is from restaurants in France. Other areas of collection focus include California, Florida - particularly Palm Beach, New York City, Pennsylvania, Chicago, and New Jersey. Numerous other United States, and International menus are represented. There is also a collection of transportation related menus from airlines and ships. Some of the menus include the receipt...
Dates: circa 1951-2000.