Inventory of the Menu Collection D-678
University of California, Davis Library, Dept. of Special Collections
2020
1st Floor, Shields Library, University of California
100 North West Quad
Davis, CA 95616-5292
Telephone: (530) 752-1621
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Contributing Institution:
University of California, Davis Library, Dept. of Special Collections
Title: Menu Collection
Creator:
University of California, Davis. Library. Department of Special Collections
Identifier/Call Number: D-678
Physical Description:
95 folders
Date (inclusive): circa 1885-2017
Abstract: The Menu Collection includes menus from Northern California restaurants and clubs, as well as menus from events at private
residences and other locations.
Physical Location: Researchers should contact Archives and Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored offsite.
Language of Material:
English
.
Access
Collection is open for research.
Acquisition
This collection was constructed by Archives and Special Collections from purchases from various booksellers. Additional items
were donated by Axel Borg.
History of the Collection
This collection was constructed by Archives and Special Collections from purchases from various booksellers. Items are added
to the collection as they are received.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Menu Collection, D-678, Archives and Special Collections, UC Davis Library, University of California,
Davis.
Processing Information
Most descriptive text for individual items is adapted from booksellers' catalog descriptions. Liz Phillips created this finding
aid with additions edited by Vanessa Cardona-Ocegueda.
Scope and Contents
The Menu Collection includes menus from Northern California restaurants and clubs, as well as menus from events at private
residences and other locations. Items in the collection mainly date from the early- to mid-20th century, though other time
periods are also represented.
Publication Rights
All applicable copyrights for the collection are protected under chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code. Requests for permission
to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication
is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California as the owner of the physical items. It is not intended to
include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Menus
Dinners and dining -- History
Box 1, Folder 1
Acme Grill - Oakland's Oldest and Most Modern Restaurant
February 16, 1939
Physical Description:
1 item
Approx. 10.75 x 7 inches
General
Oakland, California
Scope and Contents
(Oakland).: Fontes Printing. 4 pp. unnumbered. One illustration on upper wrapper, one small vignette on lower wrapper. Tan,
self wrappers, black lettering.
Box 1, Folder 2
Alpine Tavern - In the Heart of the Salinas Valley
circa 1940s
Physical Description:
3 items
General
Gonzales, California
Scope and Contents
4 pages, unnumbered. Housed in larger wrappers. Two black and white pictures of the inside of the restaurant. Die-cut like
a cow. Card stock wrappers, white paper leaves, printed in black.
Box 1, Folder 3
Andy's - Car & Restaurant Service.
1948
Physical Description:
1 item
10 x 5.5 inches
General
Oakland?, California
Scope and Contents
Oakland.: Fontes Printing Co. Tri-fold, blue and red lettering, two slips. Several vignette illustrations throughout. Self
wrappers,
Box 1, Folder 4
Athens Athletic Club
circa 1930s
Physical Description:
4 items
Three menus are approx.: 10.25 x 7.75 inches, One menu is approx.: 9 x 5.5 inches
General
Oakland, California
Scope and Contents
Four menus. Three menus are tri-folds and one menu printed bifolium housed in larger wrappers. Illustrated wrappers. Three
menus are thin card stock self wrappers, full color, black lettering. One menu is card stock wrappers tied with a blue, yellow
and pink cord.
Box 1, Folder 5
Athens Athletic Club
1932
Physical Description:
1 item
10.5 x 7.75 inches
General
Oakland, California
Scope and Contents
Illustrated bifolium. Illustrated wrappers. Gold, blue and red, self wrappers, black lettering,
Box 1, Folder 6
Benefit Spring Festival - For the MECHANICS and CLERKS of the J & S WORKS. Given in the Dingle-Dangle at Drizzle Down, Soquel,
California.
May 20, 1950
Physical Description:
1 item
7.5 x 5 inches
General
Soquel, California
Scope and Contents
One sheet, folded four times. Color illustrations on upper and lower wrappers. Self wrappers, black lettering,
Box 1, Folder 7
Bertola's Italian Restaurant - Famous for Fried Chicken Dinners. Over Two Million Dinners Served Since 1932. Restaurant and
cocktail menu. Oakland.
circa 1940s
Physical Description:
1 item
General
Oakland, California
Scope and Contents
Golden Gate Press. 4 pages, unnumbered. Die-cut like a bottle. Orange, self wrappers, black lettering.
Box 1, Folder 8
[Bertola's] - Side Door - 46th & Telegraph - North Oakland; 3887 Mt. Diablo Blvd. - Lafayette.
circa 1940s
Physical Description:
1 item
9.5 x 4 inches
General
Oakland, California
Scope and Contents
Printed bifolium. Small vignette illustrations throughout. Self wrappers, dark pink, green and black lettering, printed paper
glued in,.
Box 1, Folder 9
Bohemian Club - CHRISTMAS DINNER; Thursday Evening, December 18, 1969 - Paul Speegle - Sire.
December 18, 1969
Physical Description:
1 item
7.25 x 9 inches
General
San Francisco, California
Scope and Contents
Illustrated bifolium. Illustration by Lonie Bee (1902-1995) on upper wrapper. White paper self wrappers, brown, black and
red lettering.
Box 1, Folder 10
Bow And Bell - At the Foot of Broadway, Oakland, Calif.
circa 1950s
Physical Description:
1 item
10 x 7 inches
General
Oakland, California
Scope and Contents
East Bay, CA.: Fontes Printing. Illustrated bifolium. Illustrated upper wrapper. Card stock, printed brown.
Box 1, Folder 11
California Pear Growers Association - Second Annual Pear Banquet of the California Pear Growers Association
February 10, 1925
Physical Description:
1 item
die cut
6.5 x 9.75 inches
General
Clyde, Calif.
Box 1, Folder 12
Camille's Rotisserie - Lunch - Tendered by Mr. A. B. Spreckles to Mr. John McLeran Before his Departure for Europe.
May 12, 1923
Physical Description:
1 item
7 x 3.75 inches
General
San Francisco, California
Scope and Contents
Broadside. Color illustration of children. Approx. White card stock, color illustration of three child at tail (two ballerinas
and one bay in a suit) and one child dressed as a chef at the head, blue lettering.
Box 1, Folder 13
Camp Curry
1942
Physical Description:
8 items
Five: 6.25 x 4.5 inches; Three: 5.5 x 4.25 inches (approximate measurements)
General
Yosemite National Park, California
Scope and Contents
H.S. Crocker Co. Inc. Offsett/Crocker Litho. Eight menus from Camp Curry. 4 pages, unnumbered. All have full color illustrations
to upper wrapper. Pictorial self wrappers, black text.
Box 1, Folder 14
Camp Curry - Yosemite National Park - Luncheon
1955
Physical Description:
1 item
7 x 4.75 inches
General
Yosemite National Park, California
Scope and Contents
Bifolium. Picture of "The Ahwahnee" to upper wrapper. White card stock, color photograph to upper wrapper, menu items printed
in black. Short description of the Ahwahnee hotel to lower wrapper, printed in gray.
Box 1, Folder 15
Capri Restaurant - 510 Seventeenth St., Oakland, Calif.
circa 1930-1940
Physical Description:
1 item
6.5 x 4.75 inches
General
Oakland, California
Scope and Contents
Printed bifolium. One color illustration on upper wrapper. Self wrappers, green and blue lettering,
Box 1, Folder 16
Charley Poy Restaurant. - The Most Popular Cafe on the West Side.
1934
Physical Description:
1 item
7.5 x 5.25 inches
General
Newman, California
Scope and Contents
Printed bifolium with slip. Small vignette in upper wrapper. Tan self wrappers, navy blue lettering, handwritten slip,
Box 1, Folder 17
Christmas 1927. Battery E. 76th Field Artillery. Presidio Of Monterey, California
1927
Physical Description:
1 item
7.5 x 5 inches
General
Monterey, California
Scope and Contents
4 pages, unnumbered, housed in larger wrappers. Pictorial upper wrapper. Card stock wrappers, upper wrapper embossed and full
color illustration, navy blue lettering to leaves, stapled
Box 1, Folder 18
Drakes Restaurant And Smörgasbord - The Latest About Drakes Restaurant And Smörgasbord, Bakery Catering Service. Now You Can
Entertain Inexpensively.
[1938]
Physical Description:
1 item
8.5 x 3.5 inches
General
Berkeley, California
Scope and Contents
11 pages. Couple small vignettes. Burnt yellow, printed card stock wrappers, white paper leaves, black lettering, stapled.
Box 1, Folder 19
Fisherman's Pier: Marine Trading Company - Foot of Franklin Street
September 11, 1936
Physical Description:
1 item
11.75 x 6.5 inches
General
Oakland, California
Scope and Contents
(Oakland).: Fontes Printing. Tri-fold. Self wrappers, black and red lettering,
Box 1, Folder 20
Fosters Bighorn - Rio Vista California - World's Largest Private Collection of Trophies.
undated
Physical Description:
4 items
10 x 6.5 inches; 8.75 x 6 inches; two are 11 x 8.5 inches
General
Rio Vista, California
Scope and Contents
Bifolium with three slips. Illustrated. Menu is green card stock, printed in brown to upper wrapper. Internally the menu items
are written on slips; one blue/gray paper pinned in, second white paper taped in, both printed in blue cursive ink. One large
postcard, three full color photographs of the interior of the restaurant. One of them has menu items listed to the verso -
handwritten in blue ink.
Box 1, Folder 21
Gallo's Rendezvous - 107th Avenue and E. 14th Oakland, California
circa 1940s
Physical Description:
1 item
11.75 x 8.75. inches
General
Oakland, California
Scope and Contents
(Oakland).: Fontes & Hyman Print. Broadside. Small vignetter at head. Yellow card stock, black lettering.
Box 1, Folder 22
Ginger Island - Lunch Menu. Sunday
October 30, 1994
Physical Description:
1 item
14 x 8.5 inches
General
Berkeley, California
Scope and Contents
Single sheet printed recto only. Cream paper printed in black.
Box 1, Folder 23
Grison's Steak & Chop House - California
1940s-1959
Physical Description:
5 items
6.25 x 4.5 inches
General
San Francisco, California
Scope and Contents
Five wooden menus. Red and green (or red and black) lettering and design printed to postcards. Walter Winchell - Contributor.
Box 1, Folder 24
Harrah's Club - Children's Menu - Harrah's Club - Lake Tahoe; On Highway 50.
undated
Physical Description:
1 item
General
Lake Tahoe, California
Scope and Contents
Illustrated bifolium. Wrappers illustrated with elephant in a parade. Die-cut. Card stock, self wrappers, printed in pink,
maroon, gray and black. Black lettering.
Box 1, Folder 25
Henning's - Home of the Kist-Wich and Delicious Butter-Toasted Sandwiches
circa 1910s
Physical Description:
1 item
10 x 6.5 inches
General
Oakland, California
Scope and Contents
Printed bifolium with slip. One illustration to upper wrapper. Self wrappers, black and green lettering,
Box 1, Folder 26
Historical Canal Farm Inn And Motel - One-Half Mile East of Los Banos, California Highway 152
1950s
Physical Description:
1 item
11 x 8.5 inches
General
Merced County, California
Scope and Contents
Philadelphia.: Designed and Printed by AATELL & JONES, Inc., Phila., c. 1950s. Illustrated bifolium. Illustrated wrappers.
White, plasticized card stock, printed in brown and green.
Box 1, Folder 27
Hotel Claremont - Beauty Spot Of California - Your Souvenir Easter Sunday Dinner Menu
April 10, 1955
Physical Description:
1 item
Approx. 5 x 7 inches
General
Berkeley, California
Scope and Contents
Printed bifolium. Pictorial wrappers. Card stock, self wrappers, deep purple lettering.
Box 1, Folder 28
Hotel Fresno - California Raisin Festival Banquet
April 30, 1914
Physical Description:
1 item
7 x 5 inches
General
Fresno, California
Scope and Contents
4 pp. unnumbered. Illustrated upper wrapper. White card stock wrappers, printed in navy blue and yellow, now housed in a mylar
sleeve.
Box 1, Folder 29
Hotel Oakland - Armistice Day
November 11, 1929
Physical Description:
1 item
7 x 5 inches
General
Oakland, California
Scope and Contents
Printed bifolium. Small vignette on upper wrapper. Light blue card stock self wrapper, dark blue lettering,
Box 1, Folder 30
Hotel President - Christmas Greetings.
undated
Physical Description:
1 item
9.5 x 6.5 inches
General
Palo Alto, California
Scope and Contents
Bifolium in larger wrappers. Illustrated upper wrapper, and one small vignette. White paper, folded, with gold leave for accent,
white paper leaves, printed in red, green, gold and black. Held together by a red cord tie.
Box 1, Folder 31
Hotel Senator - Sacramento Court No. 119 Royal Order Of Justers. Night Of Melody. March Seventeenth, Nineteen Forty-six -
6:13 P.M.
March 17, 1946
Physical Description:
1 item
7.5 x 4.9 inches
General
Sacramento, California
Scope and Contents
4 pp. unnumbered, in larger wrappers. illustrated. Silver wrappers, spider webbed tissue guards, white leaves, printed in
dark brown.
Box 1, Folder 32
Jolly Roger - Breakfast - Lunch - Dinner. First, Last and All the Time. A Real Treat for Each Occasion.
circa 1920-1930
Physical Description:
1 item
8 x 11 inches
General
Oakland/Berkeley, California
Scope and Contents
Broadside. Blue card stock, black lettering.
Box 1, Folder 33
Lake Merritt Hotel - News Eve At Lake Merritt Hotel
1939
Physical Description:
1 item
6.63 x 4.5 inches
General
Oakland, California
Scope and Contents
Printed Bifolium. Small vignette illustration on upper wrapper. Self wrappers, black and silver lettering,
Box 1, Folder 34
Lamerio's of Oakland
circa 1940s
Physical Description:
1 item
12 x 9 inches
General
Oakland, California
Scope and Contents
(n.p.).: Howell North. Printied bifolium. Two full color photographs on upper wrapper. Folio. Pictorial self wrappers, blue
and black lettering,
Box 1, Folder 35
Laurel Del Lodge
undated
Physical Description:
1 item
8 x 10 cm
General
Upper Lake, California
Scope and Contents
Typed menu on pictorial letterhead, enclosed in a pictorial folder printed in green with a view of the lodge.
Box 1, Folder 36
The Leamington
[1938]
Physical Description:
1 item
8.5 x 5.5 inches
General
Oakland, California
Scope and Contents
Tri-fold. With three small slips. Illustrations of cocktails on two slips. White card stock, self wrappers, c and brown lettering.
Two green slips tipped in, printed in dark green and white. One loose blue card stock slip, printed in black.
Box 1, Folder 37
Mayflower - 1317 Broadway ... Oakland. Featuring Maxwell House Coffee, Quality Foods
December 14, 1940
Physical Description:
1 item
10 x 6.5 inches
General
Oakland, California
Scope and Contents
Printed bifolium, one slip. Full page, full color illustration on upper wrapper, few smaller illustrations on lower wrapper.
Yellow and maroon self wrappers, blue lettering, slip paper clipped in
Box 1, Folder 38
Mutual Employees' Entertainment And Banquet. Marking The Grand Opening Of The New Mutual Plant - 5725 East 14th Street Oakland,
California
May 29, 1928
Physical Description:
1 item
8 x 4.5 inches
General
Oakland, California
Scope and Contents
4 pp. unnumbered. Small illustration to upper wrapper. Blue card stock self wrappers, printed in dark blue lettering, blue
cord tie tied to upper corner.
Box 1, Folder 39
Nick's Restaurant - NOTICE - We Serve Pure Food To Our Customers
circa 1935-1940
Physical Description:
1 item
10.13 x 6.25 inches
General
Oakland, California
Scope and Contents
Printed bifolium. Mint green self wrappers, black lettering.
Box 1, Folder 40
Nut Tree
May 5, 1976
Physical Description:
1 item
8pp numbered
General
Vacaville, California
Scope and Contents
Printed bifolium. 8pp numbered. Full color illustration on front cover, history included on the inside cover. Orange card
stock, black lettering
Box 1, Folder 41
The Pancake Queen - 4211 Telegraph Avenue - Oakland, California
circa 1960
Physical Description:
1 item
8.38 x 5 inches
General
Oakland, California
Scope and Contents
East Bay.: Allied Printing. 4 pp. unnumbered. Illustrated upper wrapper, small vignette on lower wrapper. Paper, self wrappers,
pink and dark gray illustrations and lettering,
Box 1, Folder 42
Panda Room - "Gateway to Jack London Square".
circa 1950s
Physical Description:
1 item
11 x 8 inches
General
Oakland, California
Scope and Contents
Printed bifolium. Two slips. Small vignettes to upper wrapper. Red card stock, self wrappers, black lettering. One slip is
stapled in - white card stock, navy blue lettering. The other slip is loose, white tissue paper printed in blue.
Box 1, Folder 43
Paul & Barbara's Fishtrap Luncheon
1970s
Physical Description:
1 item
11 x 8.5 inches
General
Half Moon Bay, California
Scope and Contents
Princeton by the Sea. (n.p.).: c. 1970s. Broadside. White card stock, black lettering,
Box 1, Folder 44
[Pig 'N Whistle] - Afternoon Tea
circa 1930s-1940s
Physical Description:
1 item
8 x 4.5 inches
General
Oakland, California
Scope and Contents
Broadside. White card stock, printed in black.
Box 1, Folder 45
Polk Rendezvous - "Herald in the New Year" with your friends at Polk Rendezvous - "Welcome in 1992"
1991
Physical Description:
1 item
8.5 x 11 inches
General
San Francisco, California
Scope and Contents
Single menu card/handbill printed both sides, red, black and green on white fields, one side announcing a NYE Party at the
night spot and the other side a Holiday Drink menu.
Box 1, Folder 46
Ray Douglas' Branding Iron - "Gateway to Yosemite"
1970s
Physical Description:
1 item
General
Merced, California
Scope and Contents
Printed bifolium. Die-cut like a cow. Die-cut. Illustrated card stock wrappers, printed in brown.
Box 1, Folder 47
Red Board Cafe - 902 Newhall Street. Los Angeles.
undated
Physical Description:
1 item
8.25 x 5.5 inches
General
San Jose, California
Scope and Contents
Inter-State Press., (n.d.). Printed bifolium. Small vignette on upper wrapper. Decorative card stock wrappers, black lettering,
Box 1, Folder 48
Red Rock Cafe - 409 Napa Road Vallejo - H. J. Suprunowski, Proprietor. Vallejo, Ca.
circa 1920s-1930s
Physical Description:
1 item
10 x 5.5 inches
General
Vallejo, California
Scope and Contents
Vallejo Evening News. Bifolium. Small vingette to upper wrapper. Light green card stock self wrappers, black lettering.
Box 1, Folder 49
Right Spot Cafe - Welcome To The Little House With The Big Steaks. Redding, California.
circa 1930s-1940s
Physical Description:
1 item
Approx. 5.5 x 5 inches
General
Redding, California
Scope and Contents
Shasta Printers and Publishers. 8 pages, unnumbered. Die-cut like a steer. Blue card stock wrappers, white leaves, printed
in dark blue lettering.
Box 1, Folder 50
San Francisco Commercial Club - Welcome Shriners. Table d'Hote Menu.
1922
Physical Description:
1 item
Approx. 5.5 x 5.25 inches
General
San Francisco, California
Scope and Contents
Loose leaf house in larger wrappers. Symbol of the Shriners embossed to upper wrapper. Burnt orange, card stock wrappers with
gilt lettering to upper wrapper. Tan card stock leaf with black lettering. All bound together with black (tassel) tie.
Box 1, Folder 51
Second Annual Banquet- San Francisco Soda Water Manufacturers Board of Trade
April 26, 1913
General
San Francisco, California
Scope and Contents
Printed bifolium held together by a pink string. Die-cut like a sode bottle. Pink upper wrapper, red lettering; 4pps white
sheets with blue lettering
Box 1, Folder 52
The Showboat - Jack London Square, Oakland. Restaurant and Wine Menu.
[1968]
Physical Description:
1 item
8.5 x 5.5 inches
General
Oakland, California
Scope and Contents
Printed bifolium. Small vignette on upper wrapper. Card stock self wrapper, black lettering
Box 1, Folder 53
The Society Of Medical Friends Of Wine. Ninety-first Quarterly Dinner. "Discoveries 1970 - Wines From California's Developing
Vineyards"
November 4, 1970
Physical Description:
1 item
11.75 x 9 inches
General
Oakland, California
Scope and Contents
Printed bifolium. Illustrated upper wrappers, a ivy vine illustration internally. White card stock, sienna, purple and green
illustration, black lettering, now housed in a mylar sleeve.
Box 1, Folder 54
State Grill - Modern Cooking - Private Booths for Ladies - We Specialize in Steaks, Chops and Fish.
circa 1910-1920s
Physical Description:
1 item
10 x 6.5 inches
General
Oakland, California
Scope and Contents
Fontes Printing Co. Printed bifolium. Small vignette to upper wrapper. Green card stock, self wrappers, black lettering,
Box 1, Folder 55
Steamship menu: Steamer T.C. Walker - California Navigation & Improvement Company
circa 1885
Physical Description:
1 item
20 x 13 cm
Historical note
Description from dealer: "The California Navigation & Improvement Company was formed in 1854, establishing steamship routes
in San Francisco Bay as well as on the Sacramento and San Jacinto Rivers [archivist's note: don't think the San Jacinto River
is correct]. In part, it was a consolidation based on ruinous competition between rival steamboat companies during the height
of the California Gold Rush. In 1864, the company offered the first route between San Francisco and the Hawaiian Islands.
The T.C. Walker, a stern-wheel steamer of 787 gross tons, launched in 1885 (though there are reports that the steamer was
first commissioned in the mid-1860s). It plied the waters of the Sacramento Delta, and met its demise in the Suisun marshes
, and its hulking wreck served as the clubhouse for the aptly named Poop Deck Gun Club.
General
California
Scope and Contents
Bi-fold menu, [4] pages, lithographically printed. The menu spans both pages of the interior, and includes numerous ruled
lines for specific dishes (here unused). The final page is a Notice to Passengers, with rules for conduct onboard. The front
panel is lithographically illustrated with a depiction of the steamship underway, smoke billowing from its double stacks.
A pencil annotation on the top of the page reads, "1st ruling[?] by old[?] (1st job on litho stone)".
Box 1, Folder 56
Three Star Cafe - Booths for Ladies and Gentlemen.
March 19, 1937
Physical Description:
1 item
11.25 x 7.38 inches
General
Oakland, California
Scope and Contents
Fontes Printing Co. Printed bifolium. Decorative borders throughout. Tan self wrappers, black lettering.
Box 1, Folder 57
Tiny's - Broadway at 19th Street Oakland, California.
circa 1940s
Physical Description:
1 item
11.75 x 5.5 inches
General
Oakland, California
Scope and Contents
Fontes Printing Co. Tri-fold. Full color, pictorial upper wrapper. Few smaller vignette illustrations throughout. Self wrappers,
black and red lettering.
Box 1, Folder 58
Tiny's Waffle Shop- 1762 Broadway. Other Shops at San Francisco - Stockton - San Jose.
circa 1930s
Physical Description:
1 item
11.25 x 7 inches
General
Oakland, California
Scope and Contents
Fontes Printing Co. 4 pages, unnumbered. One slip. Illustrated upper wrapper, small colorful vignette of a rooster on slip.
Tan card stock self wrappers, illustration to upper wrapper printed in dark pink as well at the drink menu to the lower wrapper,
menu items red and black lettering, slip is printed in red and black to a piece of yellow card stock, slip held in by a metal
clip.
Box 1, Folder 59
Tom And Ted's Eat Shoppe - 1752 Broadway Oakland, Calif.
circa 1940s
Physical Description:
1 item
8.5 x 5 inches
General
Oakland, California
Scope and Contents
Fontes Printing Co., C. 4 pages, unnumbered. Small vignette on upper wrapper. Tan self wrappers, black lettering.
Box 1, Folder 60
Western Pacific Railroad - Dinner Menu For The Western Pacific Railroad's Exposition Flyer
October 15, 1947
Physical Description:
1 item
9.25 x 6 inches
Scope and Contents
Bright colorful pictorial cover showing a flower vendor. 4 panels. Rear cover offers information about the flowers of San
Francisco. In 1939, the Golden Gate International Exposition opened on Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay. In response,
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, Denver & Rio Grande Western, and Western Pacific railroads decided to operate a train that could
take passengers to the event out in San Francisco. That train was the Exposition Flyer. It ran between Chicago and Oakland,
California, for a decade between 1939 and 1949, before being replaced by the famed California Zephyr. Offers a Dinner Menu
and an A La Carte Menu.
[Description by Buckingham Books]
Box 1, Folder 61
Wild Goose Club - Dinner Given By The Wild Goose Club. Formerly Known as the [CENSORED] Club. As a Token of Esteem to His
Honor the Mayor of Fresno Bill Toomey; Grand President of the Native Sons of the Golden West and His Wife, Saturday Evening
July 13, 1918
Physical Description:
1 item
8 x 5 inches
General
San Francisco, California
Scope and Contents
Printed on light brown stiff stock paper, 4 pages. Page 1 is a 'remembrance' of the "Wild Goose Club Excursion Around Lake
Tahoe, Tuesday, June 4th, 1918. Pp 2-3, the menu, featuring 10 categories, beginning with salad, and concluding with coffee.
Each category with a saying underneath, e.g., for coffee: "Our portion is not large, indeed / But then how little do we need."
Light brown card stock covers, with onion skin wrapper, brown cord tie.
Box 1, Folder 62
Yosemite Lodge Restaurant Room Service Menu
Undated
Physical Description:
1 item
General
Yosemite National Park, Calif.
Scope and Contents
Printed bifolium. Illustration of "The Grizzly Giant" on upper wrapper. Brown cardstock, black lettering
Box 1, Folder 63
Yosemite Valley - Pine Cone Restaurants
circa 1950s
Physical Description:
1 item
10 x 6.75 inches
General
National Parks, California
Scope and Contents
Printed in Merced, California. Pictorial bifolium. Full color, full page illustrated wrappers. Self wrappers, card stock,
black lettering,
Box 2
Andre's L' Omelette - The French Restaurant. 4170 El Camino Real. Palo Alto, CA
1967
Physical Description:
1 item
12.5 x 9.5 inches
General
Palo Alto, California
Scope and Contents
Bifolium. Food menu printed to inner pages, wine list to last page; address block to front page. White paper printed in blue
and red.
Box 2
Bow And Bell - Number 1 Broadway - Jack London Square - Oakland, California
circa 1950s
Physical Description:
1 item
12.5 x 9.75 inches
General
Oakland, California
Scope and Contents
East Bay, CA.: c. 1950s. 1st Printing. 4 pp. unnumbered. Large picture of the restaurant to upper wrapper, two small pictures
of the hosts on the lower wrapper. Light blue and white card stock, self wrappers, printed in black,
Box 2
Hotel Claremont
December 21, 1947
Physical Description:
1 item
13 x 10 inches
General
Berkeley, California
Scope and Contents
Pictorial bifolium. One slip. Photo reproductions of the exterior/interior of the hotel printed to lower wrapper. Illustration
to upper wrapper by Hal Bruntsch (1891-1959). Off white cards stock wrappers, printed in brown and black with the word "Menu"
in gilt. White card stock slip tipped in, small vignette of the hotel printed to head, lettering typed in black ink.
Box 2
Los Robles Lodge - Heald, Russell - Executive Chef; Lapira, Ronnie - Maitre de. [Santa Rosa?]
circa 1960s
Physical Description:
1 item
13 x 10 inches
General
Santa Rosa?, California
Scope and Contents
A printed bifolium, housed in a larger black velvetized menu cover with gilt stamping to front cover, bright yellow cord tie.
Self-wrappers.
Box 2
Mike Lynn's - Elegant Decor - Exquisite Cuisine. Oakland.
December 10, 1967
Physical Description:
1 item
12 x 9.5 inches
General
Orinda, California
Scope and Contents
Abby Press. Printed bifolium. Folio. Black, plasticized card stock, self wrappers, black lettering (white lettering on upper
wrapper).
Box 2
Normandie Inn - A Whole of Good Food.
March 29, 1938
Physical Description:
1 item
12 x 9 inches
General
Carmel By The Sea, California
Scope and Contents
4 pages housed in larger wrappers. One slip. Vignette of two people to upper wrapper. Dark pink, textured card stock wrappers,
printed in purple and yellow. Off white paper leaves, printed in black. Small slip paper clipped in advertising a Dry Martini.
All held together by a yellow cord tie.
Box 2
Oakland Sea Food Grotto - Fisherman's Pier.
circa 1940s
Physical Description:
1 item
12.25 x 8.25 inches
General
Oakland, California
Scope and Contents
Allied Printing. Illustrated bifolium. Pictorial upper wrapper. White card stock, self wrappers, printed in orange, blue and
black.
Box 2
Rickey's Studio Club - 4219 El Camino Real South of Stanford University. Open for lunch and dinner everyday except Monday.
circa 1950s
Physical Description:
2 items
11 x 4.75 inches and 12.5 x 9 inches
General
Palo Alto, California
Scope and Contents
Two broadsides. One broadside tan card stock, printed in green and maroon, typed in black. Second broadside white paper printed
in red, typed in black. Stapled.
Box 2
Riera's Restaurant - 1539 Solano Avenue Berkeley, California.
1983
Physical Description:
1 item
14.5 x 9 inches
General
Berkeley, California
Scope and Contents
Copyright 1983 by Russell S. Riera., 1983. 1st Printing. Inscribed. Printed bifolium. Burnt yellow self wrappers, white paper
glued to the verso of the the wrappers, printed in black.
Box 2
The Spinnaker - Sausalito.
circa 1980
Physical Description:
1 item
13 x 10 inches
General
Sausalito, California
Scope and Contents
6 unnumbered pages. Red cardstock wrappers printed in black, white and gold, tied with a cord.
Box 2
Villa Chartier Luncheon
November 20, 1962
Physical Description:
3 items
Menu: 12 x 9 inches; Small Slip: 3 x 4 inches; Large Slip: 11 x 8.5 inches
General
San Mateo, California
Scope and Contents
Printed bifolium, two slips. Illustrated wrappers. Yellow and brown, plasticized card stock, self wrappers, dark brown lettering.
Small slip stapled to head of menu, tan paper, dark brown lettering. Large slip, loose leaf, white paper, illustrated at head,
black type.
Box 2
The Whistle Stop - Old Sacramento, California.
circa 1990s
Physical Description:
2 items
14 x 8.5 inches and 11 x 8.5 inches
General
Sacramento, California
Scope and Contents
Two loose leaves. Couple small vignettes of trains. White paper card stock. Printed in black.
Box 3, Folder 1
Acapulco - Northern California's Finest Supper Club in Lafayette, on Tunnel Strip
1930s
Physical Description:
1 item
15 x 11 inches
General
Lafayette, California
Scope and Contents
(Berkeley): Howell-North Press, c. 1930s. 4 pages. unnumbered. Black and white photographs on upper and lower wrappers. Folio.
Pictorial, self wrappers, black and pink lettering.
Box 3, Folder 2
Anchorage - Steak, Seafood, Pasta, Sushi Bar.
early 2000s
Physical Description:
1 item
17 x 11 inches
General
Half Moon Bay, California
Scope and Contents
Broadside. Small vignettes of sea animals at tail. Thick white paper, black and teal lettering
Box 3, Folder 3
Antonina's - Luncheon Menu. Sacramento, Ca.
circa 1950s
Physical Description:
1 item
17 x 11 inches
General
Sacramento, California
Scope and Contents
Sacramento Lithograph Co., (n.d.). 1950s. Broadside. Pictorial border around menu items. Folio. Brown fading to white card
stock, dark brown lettering.
Box 3, Folder 4
Bernini Restaurant: International Coffee House & Restaurant - 2511 Channing Way In the Remarkable City of Berkeley.
1950s
Physical Description:
1 item
17 x 11.25 inches
General
Berkeley, California
Scope and Contents
Rainbow Zenith(?), c. 1950s(?). Two broadsides housed in larger wrappers. Full color illustration to upper wrapper, and small
vignettes to broadsides. White card stock wrappers, white paper leaves, printed in black, couple slips glued in (to verso
of upper wrapper and head of one broadside.
Box 3, Folder 5
China Camp - Dinner Menu - 1015 Front Street - Old Sacramento, Ca 95814 - 441-7966.
circa 1990s - 2000s
Physical Description:
1 item
18 x 11 inches
General
Sacramento, California
Scope and Contents
Broadside. White card stock, printed in black and red.
Box 3, Folder 6
Fork "n" Cork - 2608 El Camino Real - San Mateo.
circa 1970s - 1980s
Physical Description:
1 item
18 x 12 inches
General
San Mateo, California
Scope and Contents
Broadside. Few small vignettes. Light yellow card stock leaf, printed in black.
Box 3, Folder 7
Fultons Prime Ribs Of Beef - California
circa 1960s
Physical Description:
1 item
20 x 11.5 inches
General
Sacramento, California
Scope and Contents
Loose leaf. Small vignettes throughout. Card stock loose leaf, printed in yellow, black and orange to recto, and printed in
black to recto.
Box 3, Folder 8
Hotel Claremont
circa 1955
Physical Description:
1 item
16 x 11 inches
General
Berkeley, California
Scope and Contents
Gatefold, with menu printed to inner three panels. White paper printed in dark pink and brown.
Box 1, Folder 9
L. B. Bradshaw's Restaurant
circa 1980s
Physical Description:
1 item
16 x 10.5 inches
General
Sacramento?, California
Scope and Contents
4 pages, unnumbered. Illustrated upper wrapper. Laminated, card stock self wrappers, printed in brown.
Box 3, Folder 10
Mariani's - 2490 El Camino Real - Santa Clara, California.
circa 1960s
Physical Description:
1 item
17.5 x 12.25 inches
General
Santa Clara, California
Scope and Contents
4 pages, unnumbered. Illustrated upper and lower wrapper, small vignettes of food throughout. Light pink, card stock self
wrappers, printed in black.
Box 3, Folder 11
Ming's - 4100 El Camino Real - Palo Alto, California. San Francisco.
1956
Physical Description:
1 item
15.5 x 12.75 inches
General
Palo Alto, California
Scope and Contents
Printed by Stark-Rath Printing Company. Copyright 1956 Chyna Associated, Inc. [ii], 1-6 pages. Illustrated. White card stock
wrappers, white leaves, printed in red and black.
Box 3, Folder 12
Outrigger
[1981]
Physical Description:
1 item
18 x 8.5 inches
General
Monterey, California
Scope and Contents
4 leaves, housed in larger wrappers. Illustrated upper wrapper, some small vignettes and decorative rules to leaves. Laminated
wrappers, light pink leaves, printed in brown, held together by a brown tie.
Box 3, Folder 13
Shenanigans' - Old Time Merriment For All.
circa 1980s
Physical Description:
1 item
17 x 7.25 inches
General
Fresno, California
Scope and Contents
Tri-fold. Small portrait drawings. Plasticized yellow card stock, printed in green.
Box 3, Folder 14
The Sierra Tahoe - Luncheon
circa 1940s
Physical Description:
1 item
18 x 11 inches
General
Tahoe, California
Scope and Contents
Broadside. Decorative border. Off white card stock, printed in brown and black.
Box 3, Folder 15
Sunnyside - Restaurant and Lodge.
circa early 2000s
Physical Description:
1 item
18 x 13 inches
General
Lake Tahoe, California
Scope and Contents
Single leaf. Full color illustration of the lodge. Folio. Plasticized card stock loose leaf, one color illustration, lettering
in blue. Printed on recto and verso.
Box 3, Folder 16
Windjammer Cove - Restaurant Bar.
circa 1990s
Physical Description:
1 item
17.5 x 11.88 inches
General
Albion, California
Scope and Contents
Broadside with one small slip. Decorative. Tan card stock leaf, printed in orange. Slip is white card stock, with blue ink
lettering paper clipped to head.