![Item #4344 [MENU] HOTEL ASTOR - TIMES SQUARE - NEW YORK; Luncheon](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4344.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1721756248)
New York: 1940. Cards. 32 x 23 cm. Sunday, April 28, 1940: Luncheon from 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM. Slip back in time to New York City during the WWII. Life in the big city rolled on at the Astor Hotel with "Dancing - Broadway Cocktail Lounge, featuring Dick. Kuhn..... More
![Item #4000 [THANKSGIVING] [MENU] [ARMED FORCES] Thanksgiving Day, Thursday - November 25, 1943;...](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4000.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1700514500)
Oakland, California: 1943. Cards. 20 x 13.5 cm. Folded Thanksgiving Menu featuring: Cream of Tomato Soup, Roast Turkey, Oyster Dressing, Giblet Gravy, Cranberry Sauce, Snowflaked Potatoes, Parker House Rolls, Virginia Baked Ham, Candied Sweet Potatoes, Mince Pie, Fruit Cake, Pumpkin Pie, and Cigarettes. Full page listing officers names and ranks..... More
![Item #4001 [THANKSGIVING] [MENU] [ARMED FORCES] Thanksgiving Day, Thursday - November 30, 1944;...](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4001.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1700514500)
Oakland, California: 1943. Cards. 22.5 x 15 cm. Folded Thanksgiving Menu featuring: Cream of Tomato Soup, Roast Turkey, Oyster Dressing, Giblet Gravy, Cranberry Sauce, Snowflaked Potatoes, Parker House Rolls, Virginia Baked Ham, Candied Sweet Potatoes, Mince Pie, Fruit Cake, Pumpkin Pie, and Cigarettes. Full page listing officers names and ranks.Back..... More
![Item #3973 [WOMEN] [LABOR] [PHOTOGRAPHY] Photos of Factory Workers](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3973.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1699483268)
c. 1947. 6 x 6 cm. A collection of 18 black and white photos featuring individual women at work in a factory setting. All the women are well dressed and look to be fairly happy. Most likely some type of scientific operation. More
Johnstown, NY: Charles B. Knox Gelatine Co. Inc., 1941. Staplebound. 13 pp. 21.5 x 14.5 cm. The Knox Build-Up Plan is a quick and informative health booklet released by Knox Gelatine advertising the health benefits of drinking unflavored Knox Gelatine in water or fruit juice. Claiming the powder to be..... More
Johnstown, NY: Charles B. Knox Gelatine Co. Inc., 1942. Folded. Unpaginated, 14 x 11 cm. Beginning with a letter addressed to Mrs. Housewife, from Mrs. Knox herself, Mrs. Knox's Sugar-Less Desserts and Salads markets the Knox products to the women of America who are consuming less sugar due to the..... More
![Item #3215 [APPLIANCE] [REFRIGERATION] COLDSPOT; The Pace Setter, For Modern Home Conveniences....](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3215.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1715966136)
Evansville, IN: c. 1940. staplebound. 18 pages, 13 x 19 cm. This electric blue COLDSPOT advertisement booklet carefully lays out all of the amazing features of the their refrigeration product, including a shiny double-action door hinge and concealed lamp! It also describes the inner workings of the early home fridge..... More
NY: Waring Products Corp. 1947. Staplebound. 21 pages, 18 x 9.5 cm. An early recipe booklet for the Waring Blendor, an invention of Fred Osius - financed, completed, and advertised by Fred Waring, a famous entertainer at the time. Waring advertised through many different avenues, including a band titled "The..... More
![Item #4545 [HANDMADE] [COOKBOOK] Collage based Cookbook](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4545.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1739972989)
Sacramento, CA: 1943. Cardboard covers. 80 pages. 21 x 17 cm. Made during World War II, this artistically inspired homemade cookbook featured cutouts of the Campbell Soup Kids as well as many other commercially produced ingredients. Our author scoured her magazines, newspapers, and journals to create a well proportioned and..... More
![Item #4209 [MENU] AUSABLE CHASM SODA FOUNTAIN AND LUNCH Menu; A Mile and a Half of Nature's Marvel](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4209.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1716217761)
New York: c. 1940's. Cards. 22 x 13 cm. Photo illustrated menu from the grounds of the Hotel Ausable Chasm which was burned to the ground in a massive fire in the 1950s. Beverages include many soda fountain favorites such as: Ice Cream Sodas, Milk Shakes, Frosted Milk Shakes, Malted..... More
![Item #4358 [MENU] DAVE'S BLUE ROOM; "WHERE NEW YORK MEETS BROADWAY"](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4358.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1721756264)
New York: c. 1940. Wraps. 2 pages. 32 x 24 cm. If you wanted to see celebrities in New York in the 1920s, 30s and 40s, Dave's Blue Room was the place to be. A small restaurant in the heart of Broadway, known for the place to catch a bite..... More
![Item #4345 [MENU] Hotel Astor; Hunting Room, To-Day's Luncheon Specialties](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4345.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1721683286)
New York: 1947. Wraps. 30.5 x 23 cm. Sunday, April 6, 1947: Luncheon from 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM. Slip back in time to New York City during the heady years after the war. A reminder of what the country had just been through - a large red illustrated box..... More
![Item #4236 [MENU] RUTH'S](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4236.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1717442396)
Wichita, Kansas: c. 1941. Cards. 25.5 x 17.5 cm. Color illustrated menu featuring on the rear cover - black and white photos of the Boeing B-29 "Superforts" Bombers, Beech C-45, and Culver planes made in Wichita for use in Pearl Harbor. Interior features a black and white photo of the..... More
![Item #4360 [MENU] Susan Palmer RESTAURANT and OYSTER BAR; 4 West 49th Street - Just West of the...](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4360.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1721756264)
New York: 1944. Wraps. 24 x 16 cm. By 1944 Susan Palmer's was no longer a "tea room" which had been exclusively a spot for women to dine. This restaurant by Rockefeller Center had a main dining room on the first floor and an oyster bar downstairs. As this was..... More
![Item #4357 [MENU] THE BRASS RAIL; NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR - An Eating Place of International FAME](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4357.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1721756249)
New York: 1940. Wraps. 28 X 22 cm. A substantial menu from the popular New York City restaurant known for its striking bar, with large marble columns, mirrors and brass trim. Stapled to the cover: Harvest-Time, Pumpkin Pie Festival, Fresh Pumpkin Pie with whipped cream - 20c. Three extra menu's..... More
![Item #4235 [MENU] THE PALACE CAFE; We Make Our Own Pastry - Good Service Fair Prices](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4235.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1718123829)
Macleod, Alberta CANADA: 1947. Cards. 24 x 14 cm. Situated in southern Alberta, the town of Macleod grew around the fort, named in honor of the then Commissioner of the North-West Mounted Police, Colonel James Macleod. The name of the town was officially changed to Fort Macleod in 1952. Offerings..... More
![Item #4359 [MENU] Toffenetti Restaurant - New York City](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4359.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1721756264)
New York: 1942. Wraps. Dario Toffenetti immigrated to the US from Italy in 1910, landing in Chicago. Working his way up from ice cream vendor, to bus boy, Toffenetti took his $3,500 savings and opened the very first Toffenetti restaurant in downtown Chicago. In 1940 29 x 20 cm. Toffeneeti..... More
![Item #4269 [MENU] [FOURTH OF JULY] The MONMOUTH - SPRING LAKE BEACH; FOURTH of JULY Dinner](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4269.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1718907906)
Spring Lake Beach, NJ: 1940. Cards. 28 x 18 cm. Color illustrated and embossed, this Fourth of July Menu was a FEAST! The meal begins with Assorted Canapés, Chicken Gumbo, and Fresh Fruit Cocktail (with Grenadine!), and then the choices: Poached Filet of Chinoock Salmon, or Charcoal Broiled French Lamb..... More
![Item #4151 [MENU] [PUERTO RICO] LA MALLORQUINA; Fundada en 1848 - MENU Y LISTA DE VINOS](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4151.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1711662663)
c. 1940's. Cards. 25 x 30 cm. La Maollorquina is known as one of the oldest restaurants in the Western Hemisphere dating back to 1848. This menu features an image of "La Garita Del Diablo" (The Devil's Watch Tower) on the cover. The first page features the extensive wine list..... More
![Item #3998 [THANKSGIVING] [MENU] Thanksgiving 1945; U.S. NAVAL AIR STATION - SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3998.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1700514500)
San Diego, CA: 1945. Loose_leaf. 22 x 14 cm. Cover art features the profile of a pilgrim filled in with a plane landing on an airstrip. Menu's highlights: Consommé, Saltines, Mixed Sweet Pickles, Roast Tom Turkey, Oyster Dressing, Giblet Gravy, Chilled Cranberry Sauce, Snowflake Potatoes, Fruit Cake, Pumpkin Pie, Mixed..... More
New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc., 1946. Rand, Paul. Hardcover. 136 pages. 21.5 x 14.5 cm. Written by the venerable journalist and notorious syndicated columnist of the New York Herald, Lucius Beebe who proclaimed The Stork Club's "drinking has never been accomplished in the cloistered privacy of old gentleman's clubs;..... More
New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc., 1946. Rand, Paul. Hardcover. 136 pages. 21.5 x 14.5 cm. Written by the venerable journalist and notorious syndicated columnist of the New York Herald, Lucius Beebe who proclaimed The Stork Club's "drinking has never been accomplished in the cloistered privacy of old gentleman's clubs;..... More
![Item #4294 [COMMUNITY COOKBOOK] Sincerely Yours; A Collection of Favorite Recipes of Well-Known...](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4294.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1719586758)
San Francisco: GRABHORN PRESS, 1942. Hardcover. 56 pages. 28.5 x 18 cm. Signed on the title page by the Editor, "With best wishes to Mr. Tobey - Bess Boardman - 1943". Limited edition, one of 750. Fun illustrations by Lee Allen. Forty-six recipes including those contributed by Rockwell Kent, Charles..... More
New York: ECCO PRESS, 2000. First American Edition. Hardcover. 364 pages. 24.5 x 16 cm. A thoroughly enjoyable read of a remarkable woman. Artemis Cooper takes us through both World Wars, all of Europe, the Mediterranean, India - all while keeping a keen eye on the makings of one of..... More
Richmond, VA: The Dietz Press, Incorporated, 1948. Hardcover. 175 pages. 23.5 x 16 cm. “It has been said that in lieu of a visit to another land, the preparation and eating of its foods can make its atmosphere one’s own. With this book, it is at least possible to go..... More