{"title":"Chicago, Detroit and Mid West Vintage Menu Art","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"windsor-hotel-thanksgiving-1883","title":"Windsor Hotel, St Paul, Thanksgiving 1883","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003eThis dinner menu for Thanksgiving 1883 is all about game (big and small) and lists antelope, buffalo, young black bear, red squirrel and opossum among the dishes on offer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIn its day, The Windsor Hotel was the finest establishment in St Paul, Minnesota. According to Alice Monfort Dunn, the owner's daughter, who lived in the hotel with her aunt in the 1880s, political conventions were often held there, with Republicans staying in one wing of the hotel and Democrats staying in the other. The hotel's dining room, with stained glass windows and a choice of open tables or curtained booths, was busy day and night, she said, with vast quantities of food served for 75 cents per person. The Windsor Hotel closed and was replaced by The St Paul Hotel, which remains an historic landmark and luxury hotel.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cplacetype style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003eCourtesy University\u003c\/placetype\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003eCourtesy University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Libraries Collections.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGallery quality Giclée print on natural white, matte, 100% cotton rag, acid and lignin free archival paper using Epson K3 archival inks. 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Opened in 1939 its cheerful waitresses served generations of hungry diners for many decades. This 1939\/1940 menu listed home-cooked dishes and hamburgers were prepared fresh every hour using a meat grinder. The menu's wonderful graphics and illustrations were truly evocative of the era. Look closely and see the care and effort taken by the artist. Like many American diners, The Barrels was a casualty of modern tastes and seems to have closed in 1948.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCourtesy Private Collection.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGallery quality Giclée print on natural white, matte, 100% cotton rag, acid and lignin free archival paper using Epson archival inks. 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It was all thanks to American engineer and industrialist George Pullman who, after spending an uncomfortable night sleeping upright during a train journey, was convinced passengers would pay for better amenities. He established his company in Chicago in 1867. Passengers could rest in sleeping cars and eat in dining cars decorated with chandeliers and leather banquettes as trains sped from city to city. It must have been a delightful way to travel. Freshly prepared gourmet meals were served by uniformed waiters and champagne, liquor and beer were served - though Prohibition laws in many states restricted when these beverages could be served. This menu is from the beginning of the 20th century and is in the Art Nouveau style.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCourtesy UNLV Special Collections.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGallery quality Giclée print on natural white, matte, 100% cotton rag, acid and lignin free archival paper using Epson archival inks. 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In the golden era of menu design, many foods were made to look human. They were given faces by talented illustrators and dressed up – this egg has a hat and a cane. Chicago's famed Bismarck hotel was opened in 1894 by German immigrants Emil and Karl Eitel and for many decades, businessmen and lawyers conducted their affairs over breakfasts of steak, eggs and coffee in the hotel's elegant Walnut Room. The Eitel family sold the Bismarck in 1956 and it went through several other owners before eventually closing in 1996. It reopened in 1998 as the Hotel Allegro, a chic boutique hotel in The Loop that retains many of the Art Deco glories of the old Bismarck.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCourtesy Private Collection\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGallery quality Giclée print on natural white, matte, 100% cotton rag, acid and lignin free archival paper using Epson archival inks. Custom printed with border for matting and framing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAll printed in USA.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEach print is accompanied by a copy of the interior menu\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c!-- END UNDER IMAGE --\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Cool Culinaria Original","offers":[{"title":"8.5x11\" Archival Print (Unframed) $25.00","offer_id":15418497400934,"sku":"8.5 Bismarck","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"11x14 Archival Print (Unframed) $30.00","offer_id":15418497433702,"sku":"Bismarck 11x14 U","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"13x19 Archival Print (Unframed) $40.00","offer_id":15418497466470,"sku":"Bismarck 13x19 U","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"16x20 Archival Print (Unframed) $55.00","offer_id":45184133327,"sku":"Bismarck 16x20 U","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"20x24 Archival Print (Unframed) $85.00","offer_id":45184133391,"sku":"Bismarck 20x24 U","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"24x36 Archival Print (Unframed) $135.00","offer_id":45184133455,"sku":"Bismarck 24x36 U","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0131\/3352\/files\/bismarck-hotel-breakfast-menu-chicago-1945-vintage-americana-menus-150.webp?v=1761095585"},{"product_id":"eaters-digest-columbus-ohio-1945","title":"Eater's Digest The Neil House, Columbus, Ohio, 1945 Menu Print","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003eWhenever we look at this 1945 menu cover, which features an \"Eater's Digest \u003cspan\u003eof a Gastronomical Journey through the USA\"\u003c\/span\u003e, we always find something new. It's packed with amazing details and we particularly love the ships sailing in and bringing food items such as pineapples, coffee and bananas which aren't grown in the US. Also note the compass with knife, fork and spoon on the left hand side. The Neil House was Columbus's hotel of choice for the rich and powerful throughout much of the 19th and 20th centuries. It started out as a tavern in the 1820s growing into a luxury 600 room hotel which played host to at least fifteen Presidents including Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, William McKinley, William Howard Taft, Warren G. Harding and Theodore Roosevelt. Other notable guests over the years included Charles Dickens, Oscar Wilde, Amelia Earhart and Eleanor Roosevelt. The Neil House was torn down in the 1970s as part of a major downtown Columbus re-development.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCourtesy Private Collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGallery quality Giclée print on natural white, matte, 100% cotton rag, acid and lignin free archival paper using Epson archival inks. Custom printed with border for matting and framing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEach print is accompanied by a copy of the March 1945 interior menu.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- END UNDER IMAGE --\u003e","brand":"Love Menu Art","offers":[{"title":"11x14 Giclee (Unframed) $30.00","offer_id":15418497138790,"sku":"Neil House 11x14 U","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"13x19 Giclee (Unframed) $40.00","offer_id":15418497171558,"sku":"Neil House 13x19 U","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"16x20 Giclee (Unframed) $55.00","offer_id":291979691,"sku":"Neil House 16x20 U","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"18x24 Giclee (Unframed) $80.00","offer_id":6156209782812,"sku":"18x24 U","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"20x24 Giclee (Unframed) $85.00","offer_id":291979693,"sku":"Neil House 20x24 U","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"24x36 Giclee (Unframed) $135.00","offer_id":291990773,"sku":"Neil House 24x36 U","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0131\/3352\/files\/eaters-digest-the-neil-house-columbus-ohio-1945-menu-print-vintage-americana-menus-748.webp?v=1761096067"},{"product_id":"cameron-house-la-crosse-wisconsin-thanksgving-dinner-1881","title":"Cameron House, La Crosse, Wisconsin, Thanksgiving Dinner 1881","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003eThis menu cover was created in 1880 by\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003e Robinson Engraving, a company that supplied many hotels and dining establishments across the US\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cplace\u003eUSA\u003c\/place\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003e with similar menu covers. Their fine work has been celebrated as \"little landscapes of daintiness and elegance.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThere were 69 hotels in La Crosse, Wisconsin, that offered lodging in the boom years of the 1870s and 80s and the finest, without doubt, was Cameron House. The building cost $69,000 to construct and was completed in 1879. The grand 24 roomed hotel played host to banquets for William \"Buffalo Bill\" Cody as well as President Grover Cleveland in 1888. A fire destroyed the hotel and adjoining railway depot in 1916. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe 13 course Thanksgiving dinner was probably presented as part of a package to hotel guests since there is no sign of a price on the menu.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003eCourtesy Private Collection.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGallery quality Giclée print on natural white, matte, 100% cotton rag, acid and lignin free archival paper using Epson archival inks. 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Is the current Lotus Garden somehow related to this mid-century restaurant that \"gladly put up\" orders to take out?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"under_image\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBack in the Fifties and Sixties, my family sometimes dined at a Chinese restaurant called the Mandarin Inn, which was as well-known for its steaks as it was for its Chinese food. There were also several other popular Chinese restaurants on the north side of Indianapolis at that time, including Lotus Garden and Jong Mea. Can you provide any information about these establishments? ~ Ralph Drybrough, Tucson, Arizona\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHI's Answer: \u003cbr\u003eMost people who lived on the north side of Indianapolis in the second half of the 20th century were familiar with one or more (usually more!) of the Chinese restaurants in the area. 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The establishment boasted that it didn’t serve the finest food in the world, didn’t have the finest wines and liquors obtainable and its waiters weren’t the most efficient nor the most honest in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eGag menus like this were part of a trend that started in the 1930s as a reaction to the so-called café society – the glamorous people and celebrities who frequented fashionable restaurants and bars.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIf the average man or woman couldn’t afford to be part of café society – who cared? 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The hotel had a 1200-foot private beach and offered a seaplane service to downtown Chicago. An adjacent south tower building was added in 1924.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe hotel hosted many famous guests - Presidents Franklin D Roosevelt and Dwight D Eisenhower, Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Charlie Chaplin and Nat King Cole to name a few. There was a marble-tiled open-air dance floor and bandshell, known as The Beach Walk, which faced Lake Michigan. This is where this 1947 menu comes from.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElegantly dressed guests spent spring and summer evenings here in the open air, drinking gin rickeys or bourbon highballs and dancing to the music of famous bandleaders such as Tommy Dorsey, Xavier Cugat and Glenn Miller. In the winter months, when Chicago fully lived up to its Windy City reputation and temperatures plunged, entertainment was provided indoors. 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She’s a great example of mid-century modern art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSamuel Clemens, otherwise known as the writer and adventurer Mark Twain, was born in 1835 and spent his childhood in Hannibal, Missouri. The author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was only four years old when he moved with his family to the bustling town on the Mississippi River and he stayed there till his late teens. The town inspired several of Twain’s fictional settings, including the town of St Petersburg, in his two classics of American literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwain died in 1910 after a packed life that also included being a journalist, a licensed steamboat captain and a gold prospector.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Mark Twain Hotel was an historic hotel building built in Renaissance Revival style in 1905 to cater to visitors to Hannibal, which included many Mark Twain fans. 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We are particularly fond of the littlest duck who is still in his diaper and carrying his bottle of milk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThese cartoon ducks are typical of the wit and imagination of vintage menu artists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Duck Inn was established in the 1920s, about 40 or so years before this menu cover was created, and became a speakeasy during Prohibition when patrons would ‘duck in’ for drinks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAfter Prohibition ended in 1933, Wisconsin liquor licenses were issued with the proviso that establishments must serve food. Thus, supper clubs which specialized in dinners – no breakfasts or lunches – were born.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThankfully, these establishments still flourish today and are known for hearty all-American food served in convivial surroundings. 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