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L'Etoile Restaurant Farmers' Market Dinner Menu

Date: 1994
Description: One-page menu for a dinner at L'Etoile Restaurant based on ingredients sourced from the farmers market, with listings of farms and farmers, as well as illu...
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Madison Club Menu

Date: 1959
Description: Front cover and menu page from the Madison Club, with an illustrated three-quarter view of the corner of the club building and a view of the main entrance ...
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Guey Sam Menu

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Description: Front cover and first two pages of Guey Sam menu, with the name of the restaurant in a red heart (characters) and a column-shaped decorative field (English...
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Schlitz Hotel Thanksgiving Dinner Menu

Date: 11 29 1906
Description: Front cover and menu pages of the a la carte and table d'hote options for Thanksgiving dinner at the Schlitz Hotel, with a boy wearing only a chef's hat an...
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State Capitol Cafe St. Patrick's Day Dinner Menu

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Description: One-page St. Patrick's Day menu from the cafe in the Wisconsin State Capitol, with a drawing of a view of the capitol from the southeast, captioned, "Under...
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Truax Army Field Station Hospital Christmas Menu

Date: 12 25 1942
Description: Front cover and menu page of the Christmas booklet from Truax Army Air Field, with a pinned-up drawing of a turkey perched on one leg on a butcher block ta...
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Hotel Loraine New Year's Day Menu

Date: 01 01 1929
Description: Front cover and menu page of the New Year's Day menu at the Loraine Hotel, part of the Schroeder Hotels, with a man and a woman dressed in sweaters and win...
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St. Andrew's Ball Menu

Date: 11 30 1897
Description: One-page menu for a St. Andrew's Ball, with three thistles surrounding the shield of St. Andrew and a shield with a lion rampant, with a banner reading, "F...
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Baby Doll Menu

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Description: Handmade menu decorated with gold ink and bound with a golden ribbon, accented with a pinned-on baby doll with a gilded body.
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Wisconsin Perry's Centennial Commission Victory Cruise Menu

Date: 09 07 1913
Description: One-page menu printed on a wide silk ribbon to commemorate the victory of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry at the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812, ...
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S.S. Hamburg Farewell Dinner Menu

Date: 07 08 1936
Description: Farewell dinner menu in the form of a house decorated with folk art painting and trim, and a man and a woman in traditional dress perched at the two open w...
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R.M.S.S. Magdalena Dinner Menu

Date: 08 09 1890
Description: One-page menu from the R.M.S.S. Magdalena of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, with a parrot and a cockatiel perched on a branch above the compan...
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M.S. Kungsholm Dinner Menu

Date: 01 13 1934
Description: Handwritten menu and "Bon Voyage" greeting in a card from the Swedish American Line, with a Swedish castle on the cover, and on the inside of the card, a t...
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S.S. City of Berlin Luncheon Menu

Date: 09 14 1889
Description: One-page menu with a roundel with the seal of the Inman and International Steamship Company Limited, decorative borders, and corner ornaments.
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Wisconsin Press Association Annual Outing Dinner Menu

Date: 10 30 1903
Description: One-page menu with a detachable postcard at the top, with a profile image of the steamer Washington of the Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Company, a...
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Dinner Menu with Photograph of Couple

Date: 09 24 1929
Description: Menu in the form of a greeting card with the event date embossed on the front cover, beneath an oval photograph of a man and a woman lying prone in a grass...
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Red Star Line Dinner Menu

Date: 09 10 1908
Description: Dinner menu for the S.S. Marquette, with two women in traditional Dutch dresses and white caps, standing behind a fence and looking out at a ship at...
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Red Star Line Dinner Menu

Date: 09 17 1908
Description: Dinner menu for the S.S. Marquette, with people in a rowboat near a larger ship, with windmills in the distance on shore. The image is signed "Heuss...
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Red Star Line Luncheon Menu

Date: 09 20 1908
Description: Luncheon menu from the S.S. Marquette, with women and a man in traditional Dutch clothing, standing or sitting on shore and looking out at a ship. ...
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R.M.S. Lusitania Menu

Date: 09 07 1907
Description: Dinner menu from the maiden voyage of the R.M.S. Lusitania from Liverpool to New York, with a flag with a lion rampant in a decorative cartouche and...

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