click zoom to display a high-res image
Chicago & North Western Railway "Minneapolis" Menu
Image
Menu from the Dining Car "Minneapolis" on the Chicago & North Western Railway, with an illustration of a child in shorts, a loose top, and a bonnet standing barefoot on the shore, with rocks and the water in the background, with the caption, "Who's Afraid!" superimposed on a decorative border and encircled by flowering stalks.
after 1889
John Lowell & Co.
Publication Information
Physical Description
Collection Information
Copyright Information
W01371Z
WHi 106103
Image
Digital Collections
Explore more than 100,000 collection items online through the Society’s digital collections. For over two decades, we’ve been scanning, photographing, and digitizing materials from our collections, creating a rich and growing digital archive that brings history closer to you.
The Wisconsin Historical Society offers an ever-growing digital collection. Digitized materials reflect the full range of items in the collections including photographs, letters, newsletters, films, posters, architectural drawings, menus, and ephemera.
Attribution
For a credit line: Wisconsin Historical Society, Creator, Title, Unique Identifier.
The Unique Identifier can be found at the top or bottom of the page for each item. The name of a downloaded file is NOT the unique identifier.
For bibliographic citations please consult the UW-Madison Libraries Citation Research Guide to ensure compliance with appropriate style guidelines.
Accessing Collections
The vast majority of the items in our collections are not online. The Society owns thousands of archival collections viewable in our Archives reading room. To view and conduct research in our collections, visit us in person.
Kaye's Park House Dinner Menu
August 24, 1882
Front cover and menu page from Kaye's Park House, with a lakeside view of the hotel, a paddlewheel steamboat, people in rowboats or standing by a Kaye's Park pavilion, on the dock, or by the hotel....
"Salve" Menu
June 8, 1895
One-page card menu, possibly from the restaurant in the Hotel Pfister. At the top left is an embossed crest with the Latin greeting "Salve" ("Welcome") surrounded by acanthus leaves, printed in red...
Hotel Barker Menu
May 18, 1890
Front and back sides of the Hotel Barker menu, with a painting of a windmill in an embossed crescent moon shape. Printed in brown ink with reddish highlights on cream card stock.
Park Hotel Menu
July 4, 1888
Exterior and interior of a menu from the Park Hotel with a deep blue striped border and perforated accent edging.
O'Neill House Dinner to Robert M. La Follette Sr. Menu
December 12, 1903
Menu offering American cuisine for a dinner at O'Neill House with Robert M. La Follette Sr. as the honored guest.
New York Central Dinner Menu Interior
Interior of the dinner menu offered by the dining car service of the New York Central and Hudson River railroad line, with the dinner menu ("meals one dollar") and the wine list.
