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Menu collection, 1837-1899.
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Creator
Library Company of Philadelphia, collector.
Contributor
Parkinson, James W. (James Wood), 1818-1895.
Parkinson's Restaurant (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Girard House (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Continental Hotel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Ryndam (Steamship)
Ebbitt House (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Shakspere Society of Philadelphia.
Title
Menu collection, 1837-1899.
Physical Description
126 items ; up to 8 x 12 cm.
Description
The collection consists one hundred twenty-six menus primarily from the second half of the 19th century, from Philadelphia. Includes menus from celebrations and anniversaries as well as standard bills of fare. Among the restaurants included are Parkinson's, the Continental Hotel, Merchant's Hotel, and Ebbitt House. Some menus are from Civil War commemorations. Outside of the Philadelphia area, there are menus from New York, Chicago, Niagara Falls, and Syracuse, as well as several menus from the Holland-America liner S.S. Ryndam.
Biographical / historical note
The collection was started with menus from the John A. McAllister collection and additional menus have accrued over the years. Most significantly, in 1984, Charles E. Rosenberg donated eleven menus from the anniversary dinners of the Shakespeare Society, dating from 1855 to 1874. The collection is open to new additions.
Subject
Restaurants -- United States.
Genre
Menus.
Ephemera.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts| Rare| Coll LCP Menu Collection 5763.F
Accession number
5763.F
5763.F.83 (Rosenberg)
5763.F.84 (Rosenberg)
5763.F.94 (Levy)
5763.F.111 (Mrs. N. Wainwright)
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Printed and Graphic Ephemera
Library Company of Philadelphia Menus and Culinary History Collection
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