Item #43274 LUNCH ROOM. Food Exhibition. Horticultural Hall. 1890. Saturday, 1 February. Massachusetts Historical Society / Menu.

LUNCH ROOM. Food Exhibition. Horticultural Hall. 1890. Saturday, 1 February.

[Boston]: [Massachusetts Historical Society], 1890. Four-panel folded menu. Menu offerings printed to interior panels, rear panel blank. 6-3/8" x 4-1/4". Stiff tan cardstock printed in brown to front panel with decorative half border; interior printed in black. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Considerable adhesive and paper remnants to rear panel; modest wear to fold, with short split to foot; faint toning / minor soil to front panel. About VG. Item #43274

Priced menu from the Food Exhibition held at MHS's second Horticultural Hall, located on Tremont St; the Hall moved to a new building on the corner of Massachusetts and Huntington Avenues in 1901. This menu was likely printed on the occasion of the Exhibition, rather than being a menu for food served there. Fare includes sirloin and tenderloin steak ($.30 and $.40, respectively); saratogas, $.10; oysters fried, panned, stewed, raw, or Blue Points on the half-shell, ranging from $.10 to $.25; Newburg lobster, $.50; rasped roll and butter, $.10; milk, ice cream and cakes, $.10 each; and more. A Table d'Hote for $.50 was served from 6 pm to 8 pm, and featured corn soup, hot beef à la mode, stewed carrots, potatoes, etc.

Price: $75.00

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