Harold K. Baumgardner menu collection, [ca. 1949-1965].
Collection Number: 8404
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Harold K. Baumgardner menu collection, [ca. 1949-1965].
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
8404
Abstract:
227 restaurant menus, collected by Baumgardner, 1940s-1960s.
Creator:
Baumgardner, Harold K.
Quanitities:
.8 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
227 restaurant menus, collected by Baumgardner, 1940s-1960s. This collection consists
of menus from across the United States and includes restaurants such as the Cliff
House, the Blue Fox, and Julius Castle in San Francisco; The Original Don the Beach
Comber in Hawaii, the Stock Yarn Inn in Chicago; The Men's Bar at the Waldorf Astoria
in New York. It also includes hotel, airline and train menus and international menus
from several countries in the Caribbean as well as from Mexico. The collection also
contains some photographs and post cards relating to the restaurants. Many of the
menus are dated by Baumgarnter and exhibit mid-20th Century graphic design elements,
particularly some interesting 1950s genre fonts and motifs. Some menus from the South
contain African American and racial elements.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Harold K. Baumgardner menu collection, #8404. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections,
Cornell University Library.
Subjects:
Menus -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Menus -- Mexico -- History -- 20th century.
Menus -- Virgin Islands -- History -- 20th century.
Menus -- Jamaica -- History -- 20th century.
Menus -- Bahamas -- History -- 20th century.
Menus -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.
Menus -- Puerto Rico -- History -- 20th century.
Graphic Art -- 20th century.
Restaurants.
Dinners and dining.
Gastronomy.
Form and Genre Terms:
Menus.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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Series I. US East and US South
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1950-1965 | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
US East: Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey
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May 28, 1951-November 13, 1954 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
US East: New York
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March 8, 1950-October 28, 1957 |
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Scope and Contents
Mainly New York City
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| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
US East: Pennsylvania, Vermont
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October 22, 1050-August 24, 1954 |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
US South: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky
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February 27, 1951-March 6, 1955 |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
US South: Louisiana, Mississippi
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March 3, 1952-November 28, 1954 |
| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
US South: North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia
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October 21, 1950-August 7, 1965 |
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Series II. US Midwest, US West and US Airline and Train
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1949-1964 | ||
| Box 2 | Folder 1 |
US West: Arizona, California, Hawaii, New Mexico and Texas.
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July 1949-April 4, 1956 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes US Airline and Train Menus
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| Box 2 | Folder 2 |
US Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri
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August 6, 1949-July 15, 1964 |
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Scope and Contents
Menus from Illinois are mainly from Chicago
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| Box 2 | Folder 3 |
US Midwest: Ohio, Oklahoma
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August 6, 1949-March 18, 1959 |
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Series III. International and Unknown Locations
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1950-1957 | ||
| Box 3 | Folder 1 |
International: Bahamas, Canada, Germany, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Virgin
Islands
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March 5, 1951-March 14, 1955 |
| Box 3 | Folder 2 |
Unknown Locations
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April 18, 1950-October 1957 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes menu in the shape of a steak
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