New York: Books Inc., 1936. Hardcover. 93 pages. 16 x 11 cm. With prohibition in the rear view mirror, the American public had a thirst for the good stuff and Barney Burke, an American bartender with experience, was willing and able to share his knowledge. Handwritten recipe for punch laid..... More
![Item #222 [MENU] Alumni Association Banquet; First Annual Alumni Association Banquet. Hobart College](/pictures/thumb/222.jpg?v=1563392006)
New York: The Independent, Hobart, 1904. Wraps. 16 x 11.5 cm. Held in the Mansion House, Thursday, June 23, 1904, Mansion House, Hobart. Includes Menu, Toasts, and a list of Committee members. Printed on both two side with yellow and white ribbons used as attachment, intact and bright. More
c. 1920. Loose_leaf. 28 x 20 cm. Illustrated broadside put forward in the summer of 1920 to urge their Policyholders to be proactive about the dangers of flies. Crease to center, otherwise clean. More
![Item #2785 [MENU] Old Algiers. Old London Inc](/pictures/thumb/2785.jpg?v=1636668852)
New York: Old London Inc., c. 1930. Staplebound. Unpaginated [8 pp.] plus menu insert. 21 x 13 cm. From the former owner of the Childs Restaurant chain, Old Algiers was the first in a series of "old-world" themed restaurants. The restaurant, located at 102nd street and Broadway, was decked out..... More
![Item #2784 [PROGRAM-MENU] Banquet in honour of His Royal Highness Prince Beril of Sweden and the...](/pictures/thumb/2784.jpg?v=1636666970)
New York: The Swedish Pioneer Centennial Committee, 1948. Cards. 6 pages. 26 x 21.5 cm. Banquet dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria in honor of the arrival of the first Swedish Pioneers who settled in the midwestern states in substantial numbers beginning in 1848. Program includes the Official Swedish Delegation headed by..... More
Privately Printed, 1925. Hardcover. 76 pages. Frontispiece Telephotograph with tissue guard. "On the occasion of his seventy-ninth birthday, the friends of Mr. Edward Dean Adams, comprising men in the fields of engineering, science, art, literature, transpiration, finance, industry and club life, asked him to be their guest at a testimonial..... More
![Item #508 [FOOD HISTORY] [EXPOSITION] [NEW YORK] United States Food Exposition; Official Catalog...](/pictures/thumb/508.jpg?v=1616167743)
New York: John C. Rankin Company, 1892. Wraps. 64 pages. 24.5 x 21 cm.Official Catalogue for the United States Food Exposition, in commemoration of the discovery of America (1492), at Madison Square Garden, from October 1st to the 27th. Under the auspices of the Food Manufacturers Association. Full page black-and-white..... More
![Item #2462 [MENU] CHIN LEE - Welcome & Eat, Drink and be Merry; 49th Street & Broadway, New York,...](/pictures/thumb/2462.jpg?v=1614293818)
Cards. Two menus. 27.5 x 16.5 tri-fold & 27.5 x 19.5 fold. A part of New York restaurant history almost entirely forgotten, Chin Lee restaurant was one of the theater districts nightclub-restuaurants known for its mass quantities of cheap chop suey, liquor, dim lights, and dance music. The menus feature..... More
![Item #2845 [MENU] [DIE-CUT] DAVE'S BLUE ROOM NEW YORK; HANDLE WITH CARE! WINE LIST](/pictures/thumb/2845.jpg?v=1641244444)
New York: c. 1935. Staplebound. Unpaginated [4 pp.] 25 x 16 cm. Large die-cut Wine and Cocktail Menu in the shape of a wine crate. Filled with prices for Champagne, Wine, Cocktails, Whiskey, Cordials, Fizzes and Rickeys, Rums, Punches, Flips, Beer, and Mineral Water. Dave's Blue Room, a restaurant on..... More
![Item #2439 [MENU] [LAW] Columbia '89 Graduation Dinner; June 12th, 1889 - THE BRUNSWICK](/pictures/thumb/2439.jpg?v=1613656141)
New York: 1889. Cards. 4 Pages. 11.5 x 10 cm. Charming graduation dinner menu, held at the Brunswick Hotel, situated at the edge of Madison Square Park, featuring sophisticated cuisine along with Toasts. Names of toast masters printed along with two pages of signatures from attendees - of note: Benjamin..... More
![Item #1598 [BROOKLYN] [THEATER] Pantomimes; Presented By The Brooklyn Heights Seminary Club....](/pictures/thumb/1598.jpg?v=1579559056)
Brooklyn: 1911. Sewn binding. Unpaginated (8 pages). Program for the Brooklyn Heights Seminary Club performed at The Brooklyn Academy of Music, April 28, 1911. Featured in the program are the daughters of the social elite including: Eunice Beecher (granddaughter of Henry Ward Beecher), and members of the Van Brunt, Cropsey..... More
![Item #2841 [POP-UP] Portuguese Genuine Sardines - Recipes; New-York World's Fair 1939. Instituto...](/pictures/thumb/2841.jpg?v=1640791922)
Lisbon, Portugal: Instituto Portugués de Conservas de Peixe, 1939. Cards. 12.5 x 10 cm. Colorful die-cut pop-up advertising pamphlet for Portuguese Sardines that was part of an exhibit in the Portuguese Pavilion during the 1939 New-York World's Fair - including the history and influence of the Portuguese on world events..... More
![Item #2258 [GROCER] [NEW YORK] Price-List, 1880-81; 71 Vesey Street, Cor. Greenwich, New York....](/pictures/thumb/2258.jpg?v=1616117523)
New York: M.B. Brown, 1881. Cards. 14 x 9 cm. folded, 14 x 18 cm. opened. Illustrated folding menu presenting a variety of teas, coffees, chocolate, and spices for sale. Joseph H. Stiner, along with his brother Jacob, were Hungarian-born immigrants, arriving in the United States in 1855 and successfully..... More
New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1964. Church, Betty. Stated First edition. Hardcover. 248 pages. 21.5 x 15 cm. Recipes and recollections from the famous Longchamps restaurant including an essay by the Executive Chef Ernst Imhof who held Escoffier as his all time idol, and Preface by satirist and cultural..... More
![Item #2460 [LEDGER] [MANUSCRIPT] Jacob Suydam His Book 1762; 10 pages laid in - family history....](/pictures/thumb/2460.jpg?v=1614272521)
Township of Flushing Queens: 1762 - 1819. Hardcover. Unpaginated [304 pp]. 32.5 x 21 cm. Autograph manuscript, ink and pencil on paper. Accounts penned on both rectos & versos. This manuscript account book records the iron trade and farm business of Jacob Suydam (c. 1730 - 1809) in the Township..... More