| Contributor |
Walter, Thomas Ustick, 1804-1887, architect. |
|
Pearl-Pressman Company, publisher. |
| Title |
“The Far East” Chinese Restaurant, Yuen Doon Low, 907 Race St. Phila, Pa. A refined first class restaurant. [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia : Pearl-Pressman Company Print, 611-13 Samson St |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1920 |
| Date |
[ca. 1920] |
| Physical Description |
1 print : relief and letterpress ; sheet 16 x 24 cm (6 x 9.5 in.) |
| Description |
Menu depicting an exterior view of the Far East Chinese Restaurant at 907-909 Race Street, Philadelphia built after the designs
of Thomas Ustick Walter in ca. 1827 and later altered with 907 raised one story and 909 raised two stories. There are Chinese
architectural details on the balcony and awning which reads, 907 Far East Chinese Cafe. The balconies are decorated with lanterns
and plants. Two American flags and a Chinese Republic National Flag are on flagpoles on the restaurant. The cover has a border
of bamboo plants. The menu is in English and organized with numbered dishes from 1 to 106 and “to avoid mistakes patrons are
requested to order by number.” Categories are: “Soups”; “Chicken Specialties”; “Chop Suey”; “Boiled Soft Noodles”; “Beef Specialties”;
“Pork Specialties”; “Chow Main”; “Omelettes and Eggs”; “Fried Rice”; “Sandwiches”; “Miscellaneous”; “Preserves, Cakes and
Candies”; “Teas”; “Special Dishes”; and a prix fixe “Table d’Hote” with five different options and prices from 85 cents to
$3 dollars per person. Menu notes that dining on the third floor incurs “an additional charge of five cents.” The menu also
includes the hours of service and telephone number. The Far East Chinese Restaurant operated from circa 1906 to 1952.
|
| Notes |
Title from item. |
|
Date inferred from content and active dates of the publisher. |
|
Gift of Linda Kimiko August. |
| Subject |
Far East Chinese Restaurant. |
|
Chinatowns. |
|
Chinese restaurants -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Cooking, Chinese. |
|
Flags -- American. |
|
Flags -- Chinese. |
|
Menus. |
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Restaurants -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Asian American restaurants. |
|
AAPI. |
| Geographic subject |
Chinatown (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Race Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 907-909. |
| Genre |
Ephemera -- 1910-1920. |
|
Letterpress works -- 1910-1920. |
|
Menus -- 1910-1920. |
|
Relief prints -- 1910-1920. |
| Associated name |
Walter, Thomas Ustick, 1804-1887, architect. |
| Publisher |
Pearl-Pressman Company, apublisher. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *ephemera - Menus - F [P.2023.27.4] |
| Accession number |
P.2023.27.4 |
