1893-02-22
GUSN-309407
An axe is part of the cover illustration. The menu offers such dishes as leg of mutton, broiled quail, fancy water-ices and Delmonico Punch. The menu is decorated with illustrations of Washington's sword and camp chest. The menu page verso has illustrations of the Associations of Mount Vernon. A portrait of Martha Washington is in the center surrounded by an image of Mt. Vernon, portraits of West Ford and William MacPherson and the eagle insignia of the Society of the Cincinnati.
advertising
business (commercial function)
hotels (public accommodations)
restaurants
food
holidays
presidents
menus
1 menu : color illustrations ; 7 1/4 x 6 inches
EP001
Ephemera collection
EP001.06.04.023
7 1/4 x 6 (HxW)(inches)
Gift of Miss Martha Loomis, 30 August 1928.
Back Bay (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Philadelphia (Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania)
Loughead & Co. (Printer)
C.H. Greenleaf & Co. (Owner)
menus
Washington, George, 1732-1799
Washington, Martha, 1732-1802
Ford, West, 1785?-1863
MacPherson, William, 1756-1813
Society of the Cincinnati
Commonwealth Avenue (Boston, Mass.)
Dartmouth Street (Boston, Mass.)
Colonne Vendo^me (Paris, France)
Washingtons Birthday
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