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1115Cards. Cream cards. Very good. 35 x 7.5 cm. Charming tri-fold menu. Sunday June 25 1882. The city of Moorhead located next to the Red River served as a transfer point for goods and passengers between the Twin Cities and Winnipeg. Originally a destination for the riverboat crowd The Northern Pacific Railroad brought travelers to the area who were partial to first-rate dining. Menu highlights: Mock Turtle Soup Broiled Shad Fresh Lobster German Plum Pudding with Brandy Sauce Italian Ice Cream and Rum Jelly. Edges all gilt architectural illustration on flap. <br/><br/> unknown books
18801253Milwaukee WI c. 1880. Cards. Illustrated card. Good. 13.5 x 8 cm. Small illustrated black and white cardstock with lavish menu on rear. Built in 1867 by John Plankinton a prosperous meat packer one time partner with Philip Armour. Back of menu has some residue front is clean. <br/><br/> unknown books
19302529Paris: Dreager Imp. c. 1930's. Cards. Color illustrated cards. Very good. 18 x 14 cm. open. Amusing illustrated blank menu distributed by the drug Mictasol a treatment for gonorrhea. Light toning to paper. <br /> Dreager Imp. books
18912287Providence RI 1891. Cards. Cream illustrated cards paper illustrated menu. Very good. 16.5 x 11. 5 cm. Lunch & Dinner menu. Lunch featured Lobster Salad & Stewed Calf's Liver with Wine Sauce. Dinner featured Chowder Baked Mackerel with Tomato Sauce Fried Eels - Jewish style Saratoga Chips Clam Fritters Soft Shell Crabs Quahogs Indian Pudding Ice Cream Watermelon & Peaches and Ponham Spring Water. Also noted the 1891 Executive Committee and the Providence Warren & Bristol Train schedules. <br /> <br />A private club with a membership of 200 shareholders opened in 1867 as a place for gentlemen to network over shore dinners of lobster steamed clams corn and potatoes. The club grounds included a ball field miniature clock and obstacle golf courses bowling alleys and it's own wharf. This area in Providence known as "Riverside" hosted the Crescent Park Amusement Park known as the "Coney Island of the East". Along the Providence River west of the club is the Ponham Lighthouse which is still standing today. The club closed in 1954 and the property was redeveloped for condominiums in the 1980's. Menu cards expertly repaired. Some light toning and foxing. <br/><br/> unknown books
190723371907. Paper . Cream illustrated paper. Very good. 24 x 12 cm. Two-sided illustrated program consisting of Cast Chorus Orchestra and two acts. Minstrel shows in the United States were productions typically including music skits and jokes. These performances were predominantly staged by white actors in black face chock-full of racist and stereotype depictions of African Americans and their culture. Clean content discernible fold. <br/><br/> unknown books
19101273c. 1910. Cards. Color illustrated postcard. Very good. 13.5 x 9 cm. Festive color illustrated and embossed vintage postcard Harvest theme with grapes and wheat. Postmarked Boston MA date obscured one cent stamp. Ink Stamp: "A Remembrance Sincerely yours Harold D. Perry 299 Washington St. Boston Mass." <br/><br/> unknown books
19102046Germany c. 1910. Cards. Color illustrated postcard. Very good. 14 x 9 cm. Festive color illustrated and embossed vintage postcard. Family greeting a young boy holding an ax and a turkey. Signed From Elizabeth To Grandma not postmarked. <br/><br/> unknown books
191312721913. Cards. Color illustrated postcard. Very good. 14 x 9 cm. Festive color illustrated and embossed vintage postcard. Pilgrim couple with pie turkey and gun. Postmarked Auburn ME Nov. 26 1913 one cent stamp "With love From A-" to Corinna Maine. <br/><br/> unknown books
2461Family & personal letters photos playbills screen shots and press releases. 17 items plus 4 large head shot photos & 3 smaller head shot photos. <br /> <br />Gina Malo 1909 - 1963 Janet Flynn American-born actress and former Ziegfeld girl Malo acted in films on both sides of the Atlantic but was more successful in British operatic musicals. At the beginning of her career Gina tried passing herself off as a French actress but was later discovered to be born and bred from Cincinnati. Gina's most famous movie roles were "Waltz Time" 1933 "Chamber of Horrors" 1940 and "Jack of All Trades" 1936. As her screen career began to falter she concentrated on performing in regional repertory theaters in the U.S. and Canada. Married to Romney Brent. <br /> <br />Romney Brent 1902-1976 Romulo Larralde Romney was a diplomat's son Mexican-born actor who made his debut in 1922 in the Theater Guild's production of "He Who Gets Slapped." Acting in more than 35 plays most of them on Broadway including "The Fourposter" in 1953 in which he and Sylvia Sydney costarred in the roles created by Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy. Brent both wrote and directed in the US and abroad also appearing in a number of films including "The Adventures of Don Juan" starring Errol Flynn. Brent enlisted in the Canadian Army at the outbreak of World War II and spent the early 1960's traveling through Europe and South America at the head of the repertory company under the aegis of the State Department. <br/><br/> unknown books
18901467Taunton MA: White Warner & Co. c. 1890s. Cards. Illustrated card stock. Very good. 13.5 x 10.5 cm. Illustrated stove trade card. "New Cyclone Ranges are THE BEST Medium priced ranges in the Market. Fitted with WHITE'S reliable Patent Grate Alaska Knobs &c. Thousands in use and Giving Satisfaction." Black and white stove illustration one one side with color illustration of african-american male's face embedded in a flower on verso. <br/><br/> White, Warner & Co. unknown books
19291473Cleveland: American Stove Company 1929. Staplebound. Yellow illustrated wraps. Very good. 31 pages. 28 x 21.5 cm. Glossy trade catalog fully color illustrated with dimensions. Featuring LORAIN Oil Burners. Covers lightly soiled interior pristine. Owners signature on front cover. Price list laid in. <br/><br/> American Stove Company paperback books
19272406Paris 1927. Staplebound. Color illustrated and embossed wraps. Very good. 39 pages. 22 x 14 cm. Elaborately illustrated French trade catalog. Covers lightly rubbed. <br/><br/> paperback books
1920663New York: The Fleischmann Company 1920. Staplebound wraps. Illustrated wraps. Good. 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. 22 pages. Yeast was one of the early foods that was misrepresented and sold as a cure all - "Compressed Yeast completes the diet assures proper nourishment stimulates growth in the young invigorates those advanced in years relieves disease and builds up the resistance power of the body. To give an idea of the right way to live and one economical agent Compressed Yeast that helps mightily to cure disease and balance our diet." Black and white illustration. <br/><br/> The Fleischmann Company paperback books
