Dinner Menu for "Buffalo Bill" Cody | Print | Wisconsin Historical Society

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Dinner Menu for "Buffalo Bill" Cody

Dinner Menu for "Buffalo Bill" Cody | Print | Wisconsin Historical Society
Fringed red silk overlay cover and gold silk ribbon backed menu page, sewn at top, for a "Complimentary Banquet to Hon. Wm. F. Cody, (Buffalo Bill) by his life-long pard, D. Frank Powell," at Cameron House, with an olive silk banner affixed diagonally across the front, and hand-painted flowers beneath.
DESCRIPTION
Fringed red silk overlay cover and gold silk ribbon backed menu page, sewn at top, for a "Complimentary Banquet to Hon. Wm. F. Cody, (Buffalo Bill) by his life-long pard, D. Frank Powell," at Cameron House, with an olive silk banner affixed diagonally across the front, and hand-painted flowers beneath.
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:103990
Creation Date:before 12 02 1885
Creator Name:Unknown
City:La Crosse
County:La Crosse
State:Wisconsin
Collection Name:Menu collection, 1846-2014
Genre:Print
Original Format Type:manuscript
Original Format Number:PH 3481.1
Original Dimensions:3.125 x 7.25 inches
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
This was one of the more famous banquets held at Cameron House, a luxury hotel that operated from 1879 until Christmas Eve of 1916, when it was destroyed by fire.
SUBJECTS
Flowers
Food service
Ephemera
Banquets
Dinners and dining
Souvenirs (Keepsakes)
Hotels

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