The new book ‘Menu Design in America’ aims to catalogue the evolution of the country’s bills of fare.
See Los Angeles' food history change through the ages with these vintage menus from historic restaurants.
My treat - meet me at Tops downtown - just hop on a street car - you can spot me - I'll be the only one there not using a cell phone.
The new book ‘Menu Design in America’ aims to catalogue the evolution of the country’s bills of fare.
In the dark, pre-Instagram days, one remembered the dishes they ate not by snapping a photo, but by saving the menus (yes, the printed ones). Thanks to avid 19t
The menu collection at the Los Angeles Public Library is fantastic. Here are some of their best historical L.A. menus.
Vintage menus for hot, home-cooked meals. Breakfast, lunch, dinner -- with desserts! A complete weekly meal plan for the 1950s housewife.
Some precious french antique menus found while trolling the net.I love the delicate ornamentation and, of course, the menu items sound so much more appealing en francais. Found here.
The new book ‘Menu Design in America’ aims to catalogue the evolution of the country’s bills of fare.
In the absence of a working time machine one of the best ways to step back in time is looking at old menus. Here’s a collection of London menus – mostly from the 20th Century. Although our first one is from 1889 and is from The Alpha restaurant – considered the first vegetarian restaurant in … Continue reading "A collection of Fascinating 20th Century London Menus"
Wonder what to serve with your vintage roast chicken recipe? Try this meal plan for vintage square meals like Grandma made.
From the late-19th century to the 1970s, restaurants had one surefire way of standing out
See More Food Related Items https://www.etsy.com/shop/PrintablesByMartiJo?&search_query=food TRY BEFORE YOU BUY - Get a free sample here: https://www.dropbox.com/t/ZPWp6m0p83hXqXEC This is an AWESOME set of menus from the late 1800s and early 1900s that I have digitally restored. Some have handwriting on them and some have torn edges which gives them a nice distressed look but you can clearly read the print on them. My favorites are the menus with prices :) You get 30 individual high resolution 300 dpi JPG files that are 8 inches wide. PLEASE NOTE: This is a digital product so no physical items will be shipped. You will need to print the files yourself. You will need appropriate software to use JPG files. As soon as you complete your purchase the files will be available for you to download from ETSY. There will be 4 Zip files to download containing everything. These files can be used for COMMERCIAL PURPOSES as long as they are a part of a finished item like an invitation, shirt, graphic etc. You MAY NOT sell, share or upload the actual files to any file sharing site.
New York City, 1899-1919 Rector’s is one of the most important restaurants in American social history. Established on Broadway at t...
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See Los Angeles' food history change through the ages with these vintage menus from historic restaurants.
The new book ‘Menu Design in America’ aims to catalogue the evolution of the country’s bills of fare.
In the dark, pre-Instagram days, one remembered the dishes they ate not by snapping a photo, but by saving the menus (yes, the printed ones). Thanks to avid 19t
We’re guessing a movie fan saved this menu from the Warner Bros commissary in 1963, circling the date in red pen and writing notes on the back. The person scribbled down the names of the stars in the canteen including actor Efrem Zimbalist jnr, crooner Bing Crosby and the hypnotically beautiful actress Ursula Andress who starred in the first James Bond film Dr No. Also noted on the back were the sets of My Fair Lady starring Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison and directed by George Cuckor. It won eight Academy Awards including Best Picture. There were also the sets of the Oscar-winning Music Man, Robin and the 7 Hoods and Cheyenne West as well as two television series 77 Sunset Strip and Temple Houston. As usual, Warner Bros employees had a generous menu to choose from. We liked the Secretary’s Light Lunch – a throwback to a different era that would elicit howls of protest today. Courtesy Private Collection. Gallery quality Giclée print on natural white, matte, 100% cotton rag, acid and lignin free archival paper using Epson K3 archival inks. Custom printed with border for matting and framing. All printed in USA. Each order includes a print of the interior menu.
The new book ‘Menu Design in America’ aims to catalogue the evolution of the country’s bills of fare.
See Los Angeles' food history change through the ages with these vintage menus from historic restaurants.
In the dark, pre-Instagram days, one remembered the dishes they ate not by snapping a photo, but by saving the menus (yes, the printed ones). Thanks to avid 19t
The Indus was among the fleet of the Messageries Maritime, a French merchant shipping company that transported passengers and delivered packages and mail to people living in far-flung places. Launched in 1896, this was the menu for the steamship’s first-class passengers who travelled on its Far East route – mainly to Hong Kong and China. There was also room for second and third-class passengers and for the unfortunate people who had to sail in steerage, down below in the bowels of the ship. This 1896 menu image of a tiger presenting a pot of cooked food was created by the French illustrator and watercolor artist Auguste Vimar. Born in Marseille, France, in 1851, he became an illustrator for children’s books and contributed many of his wonderful animal images to Le Figaro Illustré. The little chimpanzee waiter below the tiger was also Vimar’s contribution to the fashion at that time for fantastical art images – later he replaced the Chimp with a monkey. This style of artwork became known as magical realism. This was a hearty dinner menu which included lamb chops, fillet of beef, chicken and fish. Other menus in this series feature a fox, a lion, an ostrich and a rhinoceros as waiters. Courtesy Private Collection. Gallery quality Giclée print on natural white, matte, 100% cotton rag, acid and lignin free archival paper using Epson K3 archival inks. Custom printed with border for matting and framing. All printed in USA.
Henry Voigt, a member of New York City’s Grolier Club, curated A Century of Dining Out from his personal collection of over 10,000 historical menus.
The Hotel Cleveland, built in 1917, offered private baths, grand public rooms, and luncheon in its dining room. The menu was a prime example of traditional dining choices of the day. The selections were plentiful and could please any palette. The prix fix luncheon special for 85 cents was a deal! Shortly after this menu was put in place, the hotel’s kitchen was helmed by 24 year old chef Hector Boiardi. He served wildly popular spaghetti dinners and later changed his name to Chef Boyardee. The rest is history. He mass produced tomato sauce for millions of Americans who were ready to prepare an authentic Italian meal at home. Courtesy The Culinary Institute of America Gallery quality Giclée print on natural white, matte, 100% cotton rag, acid and lignin free archival paper using Epson K3 archival inks. Custom printed with border for matting and framing. All printed in USA.
With Leonardo DiCaprio’s new Great Gatsby movie coming soon in theaters and Boardwalk Empire still going strong, you can expect to see a lot of Roaring ’20s inspired weddings coming up …
What kind of Thanksgiving food did people enjoy years ago? Here's a look back at some restaurant menus from holidays past - some of which our modern-day feasts seem simple in comparison.
The New York Public Library has a breathtakingly vast digital archive. You can browse botanicals, photographs, historic apartment floorplans, and (our favorite) old menus. It’s addictive! And here’s the best part: You can order prints, framed or unframed, or print them out yourself for free. We can so see a row of these whimsical menus in a kitchen.Most of the menus are from hotels and cruise lines and date back to the early-to-mid 1900s.
