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Fourth of July menu, Hotel Vendome, Boston, Mass., July 4, 1901

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1901-07-04

GUSN

GUSN-309372

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Description

The menu has such items as Boiled Vermont Turkey, Rhode Island Duck, baked beans, Washington Pie and Punch Independence. The Declaration of Independence is printed inside the menu. The document is signed "John Hancock and fifty-five others." The menu is tied with a red, white and blue ribbon.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
hotels (public accommodations)
restaurants
food
holidays
Independence Day
presidents
statesmen
governors
menus

Physical Description

1 menu : color illustration : 6 1/2 x 5 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.06.04.011

Image Dimensions

6 1/2 x 5 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Martha Loomis, 30 August 1928.

Places

Back Bay (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Philadelphia (Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania)

Record Details

Originator

Bailey, Banks & Biddle Company (Philadelphia, Pa.) (Printer)

Material Type

menus

Other People

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Hancock, John, 1737-1793

Subjects

Commonwealth Avenue (Boston, Mass.)
Dartmouth Street (Boston, Mass.)
United States History Revolution, 1775-1783

Description Level

Item

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