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- Description:
- Luncheon menu card from the Russell House, dated Thursday, July 31, 1902 with a tear-off postcard attached at the top. The card is printed on burgundy paper, with a small colorized photo of the hotel's dining room at the top beside the hotel's crest, providing the face of the postcard, and the menu printed in dark gold below. Mailing instructions, and space for addresses and stamps are provided on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1902-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Ribbon-bound menu for the Fifth Annual Banquet of the Louisa St. Clair chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution held at the Russell House on January 9, 1899. The menu is printed on cream-colored cardstock, and features the D.A.R.'s symbol in blue and gold on the cover. The menu, a list of pieces to be performed by the Russell House Orchestra, and a list of toasts are provided on the pages within. An envelope with the handwritten note, "Banquet - Daughtetrs of the American Revolution Russell House. Jan 9th 1899," is included.
- Date Issued:
- 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Program and menu booklet for a Detroit College of Law banquet held at the Russell House on June 11, 1903. The booklet consists of five leafs of cardstock bound with red ribbon into a blank translucent velum cover, through which the embossed gold text, "04 to 03 Detroit College of Law Banquet, June 11, 1903," is visible on the page beneath. The following pages contain a program of musical selections to be performed by the Russell House Orchestra led by L. Alberti, the menu, toasts, and a list of committee members.
- Date Issued:
- 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Table d'hôte lunch menu card from the Russell House, dated Tuesday, January 7, 1902 with a tear-off postcard attached at the top. The card is printed on beige paper, with an image of the hotel's crest beside a small half-tone head-and-shoulders portrait photo of D.W.H. Moreland flanked by a color illustration of a man and woman standing beside opposite ends of a horse-drawn carriage, providing the face of the postcard. The menu is printed in green below. A small section at the bottom of the menu suggests "Amusements to-night" at nearby theaters. A production of "Miss Simplicity" starring Frank Daniels is listed at the Detroit Opera House. "The Little Minister," is at the Lyceum Theatre. Louise Gunning and vaudeville are featured at the Avenue Theatre. Frederick Hallen, Mollie Fuller, and vaudeville are listed as being at the New Wonderland theater. Mailing instructions, and space for addresses and stamps are provided on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1902-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Menu booklet from an dinner honoring Truman Handy Newberry on the occasion of his leaving Detroit to assume his duties in Washington D.C. as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, held at the Detroit Club on Thursday, October 19, 1905. The menu is bound with cord inside of a cardstock cover printed with the initials T.H.N., beneath crossed American and Assistant Secretary of the Navy flags.
- Date Issued:
- 1905-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Russell House Thanksgiving dinner menu, dated November 28, 1901, consisting of two sheets of cardboard bound with twine. A hand-painted image of a pilgrim holding a pumpkin, walking with a Turkey against a snowy background is on the cover. A program of pieces to be performed by the Russell House Orchestra, as well as the menu itself are contained within. A hand-painted image of a pig's head on a plate, surrounded by a wreath containing ears of corn is on the back cover of the menu.
- Date Issued:
- 1901-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Ribbon-bound menu for Easter dinner at the Hotel Charlevoix. The cover is made of purple paper, printed with golden text, and it includes a central window where a small three-dimensional fabric white rabbit holding a carrot is attached. The cover lists the Grinnell Realty Company as the proprietors, and Reno G. Hoag as the manager. A list of courses and options offered at the flat prince of a dollar is contained within. "The Progressive Print Shop," is printed on the back cover.
- Date Issued:
- 1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Half-folded Easter dinner menu from the Hotel Charlevoix. The menu is printed on blue and white marbled cardstock, and has a purple ribbon through its crease to resemble binding. A blue illustration of a potted plant is on the cover. Dinner offering are listed within at a flat price of $1. H.M. Kellogg is listed as the manager, and the Grinnell Realty Company is listed as the proprietor.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Half-folded menu from the third Assembly Ball held on December 15, 1908. A color illustration by Raimund Ritter von Wichera of a woman with a large broad-brimmed hat holding flowers is on the cover. The courses are listed within.
- Date Issued:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Menu card from a complimentary dinner for the employees of the First National Bank held at the Russell House on September 27, 1894. The card is printed on off-white paper printed with a cross-stitch inspired pattern of heraldic lions rampant, and fleurs–de–lis. And embossed silver griffon is printed in the upper right corner. The years, "1864," "1874," and "1894" are printed at the edges of the card.
- Date Issued:
- 1894-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
