![Item #4043 [FRENCH] [MENU] [PHOTOGRAPHY] MERCI A TOUS - 12 MAI 1906](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4043.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1701810503)
1906. Cards. 21 X 11.5 cm. French printed dinner menu for May 12, 1906. Black and white photograph of a man and woman holding a large sign, traslated as: "Thank You Everyone" - Lightly soiled. Attached to tan paper. More
![Item #4244 [MENU] HOTEL GORDON - three menus; Sunday, April 15, 1906 Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4244.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1717442395)
Washington DC: 1906. Cards. After President Theodore Roosevelt was laying the Corner-Stone of the Office Building of the House of Representatives, the following day at the Hotel Gordon they were serving Frizzled Beef in Cream Mush for breakfast, Honey Comb Tripe a la Creole for lunch, and Roast Young Vermont..... More
![Item #4341 [PHILADELPHIA] [PURE FOOD] [TRADE CARD] THE PURE FOOD DAIRY and LIGHT LUNCH CAFE](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4341.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1721493994)
Philadelphia: c. 1920. Cards. 8.5 x 15.5 cm. Color illustrated Trade Card featuring a highly accessorized woman. This restaurant, located at 54 N. 13th Street (Next to St. George's Hall), and serving "Pure Food - properly Cooked, Prompt Attention and Right Prices - Special Lunch Bill of Fare Each Day..... More
New York: THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 1907. Staplebound. 192 pages. 19.5 x 13.5 cm. Published by the Rural New-Yorker, a weekly periodical founded in 1850, this cookbook is filled to the brim with recipes that would be useful to farming families. The emphasis on "putting food by" is front and center..... More
![Item #3989 [THANKSGIVING] [ARMED FORCES] THANKSGIVING DAY - Columbus Barracks, Ohio - 1918;...](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3989.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1700514555)
Columbus, Ohio: November 28, 1918. Staplebound. 4 pages. 16.5 x 10 cm. A full Thanksgiving menu with all the fix in's along with cigars and cigarettes. Staff and officers listed on two pages. The rear cover states: "Did you think this time last year that we would be feeding Fritz..... More
Jamestown, VA: 1901. Staplebound. 15 pages. 16.5 x 12 cm. A brief history of the colony of Jamestown, Virginia, the first town to be settled by to-be American colonists in the United States of America. Describes the colonists’ arrival, some of the structures built, and other significant events that had..... More
Racine, WI: London Depot, 1905. (1 page, 27.5 x 21 cm) A letter from the Horlick Food Company addressed to Rev. Wm. D. Mosman of New Haven, CT. The letter is typewritten and advertises the company's various milk products by offering to send samples of their Malted Milk product in..... More
![Item #4475 [COMMUNITY COOKBOOK] St. Andrew's Guild COOK BOOK; CHARITON, IOWA. Mrs. J. C....](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4475.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1733857507)
Knoxville, Iowa: Curtis & Gilson, 1907. Hardcover. 198 pages. 24 x 16 cm. Recipes furnished and attributed by church members. Delightful recipes reflecting the era - Puddings, Fritters, Salads, Fish & Oysters, Game & Poultry, Confections, and Conserves. Filled with period local advertisements. Recipes provide a picture of the local..... More
![Item #4185 [QUACKERY] RANSOM'S FAMILY RECEIPT BOOK. Son D. Ransom, Co](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4185.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1715288296)
Buffalo: D. Ransom, Son & Co., 1901. Sewn binding. 32 pages. 16.5 x 10 cm. An almanac with recipes along with advertisements for products such as Dr. Trask's Magnetic Ointment (lard, raisins, cut in pieces, and fine-cut tobacco, simmered together, pressed and strained), and fraudster "testimonials". These pamphlets were all..... More
![Item #3347 [FDA] [FOOD SAFETY] Rules and Regulations for the Enforcement of the Food and Drugs...](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3347.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1678399488)
Washington DC: United States Department of Agriculture, Office of the Secretary, 1906. Circular No. 21. Staplebound. 20 pages, 14.5 x 23 cm. Following the collaboration of members of the Departments of the Treasury, Agriculture, and Commerce and Labor on this document, the Food and Drugs Act was released to the..... More
![Item #4230 [PHARMACY] [QUACKERY] [LABEL] DR. LORENZO'S Golden Oil; The Great Scientific Remedy...](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4230.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1717075657)
Lowell, Mass. HAVEN, BLAIR & CO., 1906. 14 x 5 cm. Three pristine labels for Dr. Lorenzo's Golden Oil along with one very small (5.5 cm. x 2) "Miner's Artificial Pistachio Flavor" label. This fraudulent remedy claimed to relieve pain in humans and animals. Perfect condition. More
![Item #4268 [MENU] [POSTCARD] R. M. S. "BERMUDIAN" BREAKFAST Menu; Captain P. J. Fraser, New York...](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4268.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1718832433)
March 9, 1908. cards. 15 x 10 cm. closed, 15 x 20 cm. opened. Early postcard/menu featuring black and white photos of Hamilton and Harbor, Bermuda. Breakfast menu includes: Oranges, Stewed Prunes, Quaker Oats, Force, Hominy, Boiled Salt Herring with Butter Sauce, Fried Salmon Trout, Ham & Eggs, Liver &..... More
![Item #4621 [MANUSCRIPT] [COOKERY] Harriet A. Shaws Recipe Book; Great Eastern Fertilizer Co....](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4621.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1749586798)
Parksville, NY: C.A. Shaw, 1908. Staplebound. 32 pages. 14 x 7 cm. Recipes have been carefully written onto the lined pages of this yearly calendar pamphlet. Around the age of eighteen, Harriett Shaw repurposed the booklet to create her own personal recipe collection. She begins with detailed instructions for both..... More
![Item #4482 [QUACKERY] STUART'S ADHESIVE HERNIAL PLASTER-PADS CURE RUPTURE. Stuart Plaster-Pad Co](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4482.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1735589039)
St. Louis: Stuart Plaster-Pad Co., c.1908. Staplebound. 32 pages. This company, Stuart's, gave an extensive treatise on every type of hernia, and all the complications that come with this ailment in this pamphlet. Illustrated throughout, the company proclaimed to cure all hernias with their Plaster-Pads. In 1910, the company was..... More
![Item #4340 [COMMUNITY COOKBOOK] The PRACTICAL COOK BOOK. Wis The Ladies' Aid Society of the...](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4340.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1721162144)
Baraboo, Wisconsin: Ladies' Aid Society, 1903. Wraps. 118 pages. 21 x 15 cm. Recipes attributed to members. Baraboo, most often known as "Circus City" - the Ringling Brothers called Baraboo home and had their winter quarters in the city until 1918. In 1884 the young Ringling Brothers gave their first..... More
![Item #4177 [CHOCOLATE] RECEIPTS FOR MAKING HOME-MADE BONBONS; Lowney's Medallion CHOCOLATE - A...](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4177.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1715204833)
Boston: The Walter M. Lowney Co., 1903. Staplebound. 17 pages + 6 pages of advertisements. 15.5 x 9 cm. Filled with recipes for making chocolate candies from the various chocolate products Lowney's manufactured including: Pineapple Creams, Chocolate Pop Corn, Chocolate Filberts, and many more. The Walter M. Lowney Company was..... More
![Item #4264 [JAPANESE-AMERICAN] [MILITARY] [MENU] WRIGHT'S HOTEL, YOKOHAMA, JAPAN; BILL OF FARE -...](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4264.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1718832433)
Yokohama, Japan: 1905. Cards. 28 x 15 cm. Sometimes a Menu is more than a mere piece of ephemera, sometimes these pieces of paper give us a glimpse into the past that surprises us and shines a light on the events that were underway at the time. This menu is..... More
![Item #3898 [MEDICAL] [ACCOUNT BOOK] Homeopathic and Medical Doctor's Account Book](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3898.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1695853260)
London: 1904-1907. Hardcover. 501 pages. 33 X 16 cm. British doctor's daily account book. A-Z index of patients at the begining of the journal. Every journal entry begins with the patients name and address along with handwritten directions for treatment with detailed amounts of medications and schedule of remedies. Each..... More
![Item #4606 [MENU] CAFÉ BOULEVARD; Hungarian Restaurant Co](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4606.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1748381147)
New York: 1903. Wraps. 29.5 x 19.5 cm. Once called the "The Hungarian Broadway" - Second Avenue and Tenth Street was a bustling area of NYC at the turn of the century. One of the main attractions was its renowned Hungarian orchestra that entertained the Bohemian set who would sit..... More
![Item #4265 [NEW YORK] [EDUCATION] [MENU] Collection of Menus from The Male Teachers of New...](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4265.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1718832433)
1901-1903. cards. 18 Menus and Programs. A rather interesting collection of ephemera from the early 1900's New York Educational Organizations. A few of the notable speakers: John Henry MacCraken - Chancellor of NYU, Dr. Henry Houck - State Superintendent of School of Pennsylvania (advocate for the "three R's"), and James..... More
![Item #3729 [TEMPERANCE] Brass Axe Pendant & Post Cards](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3729.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1689623627)
1.25 inch brass axe pendant, the emblem of Carry nation's crusade to rid the country of the evils of liquor. Known as the "hatchetations" - members of Carry Nation would bust up saloons and crack open barrels to spill the brew. In the early 20th century, members could purchase these..... More
San Francisco: Alaska Packers Association, 1907. Staplebound. 36 pages. 14 x 9.5 cm. After 31 canneries banded together in 1891 to sell off surplus canned salmon, the Alaska Packers Association needed to educate the general public on how to make use of this protein packed can of fish. An aggressive..... More
![Item #4499 [PRINTS] Aubrey Beardsley's Drawings To Illustrate the Tales of Edgar Allan Poe; With...](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4499.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1736198068)
New York: The Colonial Company, Limited, 1903. Four (20 x 13 cm.) plates mounted on (35 x 27.5) gray boards, along with a portrait of the artist and heavily chipped portfolio cover. This set, from a portfolio published by The Colonial Company after the illustrations commissioned by Herbert S. Stone..... More
![Item #4526 [WOMEN] [DIARY] Event-filled 1903 daily diary - full year; The Standard DIARY 1903....](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4526.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1739323691)
Pitcher, Chenango, New York: 1903. Cardboard covers. Kate (Catherine Hakes) Blackman (Aug 31, 1840 - Aug 17, 1917) was born in Pitcher, New York, and raised on a farm, surrounded by many siblings. Kate later married her husband Birdsall Blackman and settled down on a farm in her hometown. Pitcher..... More
![Item #4234 [MANUSCRIPT] [CULINARY] Clarksburg, West Virginia. Lucy Clare Clifford](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4234.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1718123886)
Clarksburg, West Virginia: 1908. Hardcover. 22 x 15 cm. Lucy Clare Clifford (1887-1961) was a 21 year old young woman when she set about writing down her recipes. One can see she was very interested in candy/confection making and was exceptionally precise as to the exact directions logged in her..... More