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- Description:
- Half-folded banquet menu autographed by Ulysses S. Grant from a luncheon held in his honorat Young's Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts, on October 15th, 1880. The menu is composed of blue fabric and cardstock, and the cover is decorated with hand painted flowers. "Complimentary to Gen. U. S. Grant by the Republican State Committee," is printed on the interior on the left. The menu is printed in pink on the right. The verso is signed by Ulysses S. Grant and printed with "Young's Hotel, October 15th, 1880."
- Date Issued:
- 1880-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Biographical
- Description:
- Menu for Thanksgiving dinner at the Hotel Normandie in 1891. The menu is bound in light blue crush embossed paper with a white ribbon and orange wax seal emblazoned with "HN, Detroit" affixed to the cover, and was printed by Winn and Hammond of Detroit. Six pages are contained within. "Thanks Giving 1891," is printed on the third on a green background. A menu is spread across the fourth and fifth pages, listing a variety of dishes ranging from the traditional like stuffed young turkey and sweet potatoes, to stuffed mallard with jelly and fresh lobster. The menu is decorated with small green illustrations of a turkey, a stylized fish, and ten cartoonish characters seated on a long bench eating. "Carr and Reeve" is printed on the last page above a green illustration of a bunch of flowers with their stems wrapped in a ribbon.
- Date Issued:
- 1891-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- General History
- Description:
- Stock certificate no. 10,000 for 1,000 shares of capital stock to R. E. Olds. This is a joke certificate which contains a menu and lists of officers, directors, and committee members, for the Annual Banquet, National Automobile Chamber of Commerce. The banquet was held at the Waldorf-Astoria, in New York City, January 4, 1916. At the time, R. E. Olds was one of the Directors of the NACC.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- Half-folded banquet menu autographed by Ulysses S. Grant from a luncheon held in his honor at Young's Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts, on October 15th, 1880. The menu is composed of blue fabric and cardstock, and the cover is decorated with hand painted flowers. "Complimentary to Gen. U. S. Grant by the Republican State Committee," is printed on the interior on the left. The menu is printed in pink on the right. The verso is signed by Ulysses S. Grant and printed with "Young's Hotel, October 15th, 1880."
- Date Issued:
- 1880-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Menu for Thanksgiving dinner at the Hotel Normandie in 1891. The menu is bound in light blue crush embossed paper with a white ribbon and orange wax seal emblazoned with "HN, Detroit" affixed to the cover, and was printed by Winn and Hammond of Detroit. Six pages are contained within. "Thanks Giving 1891," is printed on the third on a green background. A menu is spread across the fourth and fifth pages, listing a variety of dishes ranging from the traditional like stuffed young turkey and sweet potatoes, to stuffed mallard with jelly and fresh lobster. The menu is decorated with small green illustrations of a turkey, a stylized fish, and ten cartoonish characters seated on a long bench eating. "Carr and Reeve" is printed on the last page above a green illustration of a bunch of flowers with their stems wrapped in a ribbon.
- Date Issued:
- 1891-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Notes:
- Hand-written menu that appears to list the specials of the restaurant that day.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Collection:
- Stories of Summer (project)
- Date Issued:
- 1894-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Feeding America: the Historic American Cookbook Project
- Date Issued:
- 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Feeding America: the Historic American Cookbook Project
- Description:
- Stock certificate no. 10,000 for 1,000 shares of capital stock to R. E. Olds. This is a joke certificate which contains a menu and lists of officers, directors, and committee members, for the Annual Banquet, National Automobile Chamber of Commerce. The banquet was held at the Waldorf-Astoria, in New York City, January 4, 1916. At the time, R. E. Olds was one of the Directors of the NACC.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Notes:
- A scan of the front cover of Cafe' Sir Douglas. There is a pine tree in the lower left.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Collection:
- Stories of Summer (project)
