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Christmas, Crosby's Restaurant, 19 School Street, Boston, Mass.

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GUSN-318623

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Description

There is an extensive dinner menu and a "cooked to order" menu which includes temperance drinks. An essay in the opening pages gives a history of the site by Alexander Corbett, Jr., a Boston journalist and Bostonian Society member. The Cromwell's Head Tavern was located on School Street and there is a reproduction of the tavern sign, done by Paul Revere, in the essay. A "Strangers" Directory" lists historic sites. A description of greater Boston is provided on the last page. Two children bring home a Christmas tree in the cover illustration. The seal for Crosby's Restaurant is on the lower right corner.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
restaurants
food
taverns
signs (declatory or advertising artifacts)
historic sites
seals (artifacts)
holidays
Christmas
children (people by age group)
menus
guidebooks

Physical Description

1 menu, 10 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 9 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.06.17.011

Image Dimensions

9 1/2 x 4 1/4 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

F.M. Crosby and Co. (Publisher)

Material Type

menus
guidebooks

Subjects

School Street (Boston, Mass.)
Temperance
Tourists

Description Level

Item

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