COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
This collection consists of menus from across the United States, Europe and several countries in the Caribbean. Menus from restaurants including the Stock Yard in Chicago; Ernie's San Francisco; Jules Podell's Copacabana; The Plantations in Moiline, Illinois; Hotel Emporio; Martinetti's; Trader Vic's in Oakland, CA; Top of the Tower in London; Chez Maxim's in Paris, France and La Cage in the British Colonial Hotel, Nassau, Bahamas. The collection also includes some newspaper and magazine clippings about a few of the restaurants. Many of the menus exhibit mid-20th Century graphic design elements.
Dates
- [ca. 1948-1970]
Creator
- Hansen, Helmer (Collector, Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Extent
.4 cubic feet. (.4 cubic feet.)
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.
Physical Description
Printed material
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524rareref@cornell.eduhttp://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- RMC Staff
- Date completed:
- February 2013
- EAD encoding:
- RMC Staff, February 2013
- Date modified:
- RMC Staff, February 2013
- Dinners and dining.
- Gastronomy.
- Graphic Art -- 20th century.
- Menus -- Bahamas -- History -- 20th century.
- Menus -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.
- Menus -- Curacao -- History -- 20th century.
- Menus -- Denmark -- History -- 20th century.
- Menus -- France -- History -- 20th century.
- Menus -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
- Menus -- Guadalupe -- History -- 20th century.
- Menus -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century.
- Menus -- Italy -- History -- 20th century.
- Menus -- Martinique -- History -- 20th century.
- Menus -- Mexico -- History -- 20th century.
- Menus -- Puerto Rico -- History -- 20th century.
- Menus -- Sweden -- History -- 20th century.
- Menus -- Switzerland -- History -- 20th century.
- Menus -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- Menus -- Virgin Islands -- History -- 20th century.
- Menus.
- Restaurants.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by RMC Staff
- Date
- January 2013
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu