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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
- Dates:
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circa 1870-1950
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0.96 Cubic feet (consisting of 2 boxes, 1 folder, 1 oversize folder, 1 map case folder. )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Restaurants
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Restaurants forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
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El Chico Restaurants Collection
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El Chico Restaurants
- Dates:
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1908 - 1990
- Size:
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0.75 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1246
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The materials relate to the creation and operation of El Chico Corporation.
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- Dates:
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1937-2017
- Size:
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3.5 Cubic feet (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1391
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection consists of restaurant menus ranging from 1937 to 2016 from the Unites States, Canada, as well as cruise ships.
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Antlers Hotel (Colo.)
- Dates:
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1887 May
- Size:
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2 Items
- Collection ID:
- AAA.antlhote
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Two menus from hotel restaurants, one from "The Antlers" in Colorado Springs (dated May 3, 1887); the other from "The Windsor" in Denver (dated May 1, 1887). Reverse of Antlers menu has a wood engraving of The Antlers, a hotel, annotated in pencil with lines pointing to "our room" and "parlor floor."
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Russell, Frances E.
- Dates:
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1942]
- Size:
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8 Pages (14 cm.)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.russfran
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Short history of the Jumble Shop restaurant by one of its proprietors, Frances Russell. The restaurant was very involved in the New York arts community, hosting exhibits and counting many artists among its clientele. Russell mentions that the dining room featured windows painted by Louis Bouché and murals by Guy Péne du Bois.
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[193-?]
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1 Item (folded sheet, 27 x 35 cm., folded to 27 x 18 cm.)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.lerelade
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
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Henderson, Vanessa
Mericle, Virginia
- Dates:
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1960 - 1999
- Size:
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10 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1212
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Over four thousand menus from American and international restaurants documenting the marketing and sale of food outside of the home to consumers around the world.
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Graham, Adelaide
- Dates:
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1914-1973, undated
- Size:
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2 Cubic feet (6 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1153
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of materials relating to the creation and operation of the restaurant chain known as the Coon Chicken Inn.
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Hardart, Paul
Hardart, Tom
Horn and Hardart.
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1895-2002
- Size:
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2.5 Cubic feet (9 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0922
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the Horn and Hardart chain of restaurants and retail stores.
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Fogel, Byron J.
- Dates:
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1961 - 2007
- Size:
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2 Cubic feet (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0419
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
More than 400 placemats collected between 1961 and 2007 from throughout the United States and abroad. The collection consists of advertising placemat used by a variety of restaurants, hotels, casinos, and expositions.