![FOOD HISTORY] [EXPOSITION] [NEW YORK] United States Food Exposition; Official Catalog - Madison...](/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
![MENU] CHIN LEE - Welcome & Eat, Drink and be Merry; 49th Street & Broadway, New York, N.Y](/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
![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
![BROOKLYN] [THEATER] Pantomimes; Presented By The Brooklyn Heights Seminary Club. Brooklyn Heights...](/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
![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
![GROCER] [NEW YORK] Price-List, 1880-81; 71 Vesey Street, Cor. Greenwich, New York. Jos. Stiner, Co](/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
![WEST POINT] [BEER] Letter to Brother re: missing Beer; Wife of Civil War Brigadier General...](/pictures/thumb/2556.jpg?v=1622759418)
West Point, NY: 1846. 25.5 x 19 cm. Margaret (Stebbins) Scammon writes her brother from West Point, where her husband E. Parker Scammon is an officer with the United Army Corps of Topographic Engineers. Parker would later command the 23rd Ohio Regiment during the Civil War. Good Friday Morn. 1846 My..... More
![COMMUNITY COOKBOOK] Silver Jubilee Cook Book of Tested Recipes. St. Mark's M. E. Church](/pictures/thumb/2582.jpg?v=1625076623)
Brooklyn, New York: St. Mark's M.E. Church, 1928. Hardcover. 160 pages. 23.5 x 16 cm. Recipes furnished and attributed by church members. Delightful recipes reflecting the era - Puddings, Fritters, Salads, Confections, and Conserves. Filled with period local advertisements - Flatbush Savings Bank, The Midwood Trust Company, Montessori School of..... More
![LEDGER] [MANUSCRIPT] Jacob Suydam His Book 1762; 10 pages laid in - family history. Jacob Suydam](/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