Los Angeles. Inter-State Press. (n.d.). 1st Printing. Printed bifolium. Small vignette on upper wrapper. 8-1/4" x 5-1/2" Decorative cards tock wrappers, black lettering, now housed in a mylar sleeve. This menu lists items with no prices, assumed that the prices will be hand written in. More about MENU RED BOARD CAFE.; 902 Newhall Street
November 1938. 1st Printing. Broadside. Small illustration at head. 6" x 3-1/2. White paper, printed in black, now housed in a mylar sleeve. More about SHANGHAI LOW.; 532 Grant Avenue
Norwich: M. B. Young, Print. [1841]. 1st printing. Broadside, 13 lines of introductory text at top, over 2 columns of text describing the paintings to be exhibited. A job printing announcement, with the city, lecture location therein, day of week, and date all in manuscript at top. Price of the... More about PETRA, Or The EXCAVATED CITY, The Ancient Capital of the Land of Idumia, and JERUSALEM
San Francisco: (n. d.). Ca 1890s (?). Printed, both sides, on pink stiff card stock. 2-1/4" x 4". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Houston not recorded by Mautz in his "BIOGRAPHIES Of WESTERN PHOTOGRAPHERS" [Revised Edition]. More about TRADE CARD. Excelsior Art Studio. Elegant Cabinet Photographs. By the Instantaneous Process.;...
Berkeley, CA: The Friends of the Bancroft Library, University of California, 1989. 1st edition thus. 88, [2 (blank)] pp. Frontis of Kipling. 9-1/4" x 6-1/4". Light grey printed paper wrappers. More about KIPLING In CALIFORNIA
(n. p.): [1861]. 1st printing (presumed). Single sheet leaflet of flimsy blue paper, printed recto only. 27 lines of printed text, with the bottom 16 listing candidates for the divers state districts. 5-1/16" x 4-1/16". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Davis was inaugurated as President of the Confederacy... More about ELECTION BALLOT. For President, Jefferson Davis of Mississippi. For Vice-President, Alex. H....
[Oakland?]: (n. d.). 1st printing (presumed), ca 1940s. Not in Axford, nor Wheaton & Kelly. 125, [3] pp. Each recipe credited with the contributor's name. 8vo. 9" x 5-7/8". Spiral bound, with tan faux-leatherette covers, lettered in blue. "This Book is Dedicated to Our Boys in the Service. Note: All... More about NAVY MOTHERS COOK BOOK.; By Oakland Navy Mothers Club, No. 13, Oakland, Calfornia
Boston: Alexander Moore, 1872. 3rd edition, first printing (Cowan II, p. 333; Currey & Kruska 225; Farquhar 10c; Kurutz CA PHOTO BOOKS, 84). xii, [13] - 97, [1 (Index)] pp. Each page of text with a red-rule perimeter border. Illustrated with 10 albumen photographs taken by John P. Soule. Image... More about The WONDERS Of YOSEMITE VALLEY And Of CALIFORNIA
(n.p.): c.1990s (?). 1st Printing. Printed bifolium. One illustration to upper wrapper. 16" x 9-3/4". Off white card stock self wrappers, black lettering, now housed in a mylar sleeve. More about EL MASÓN RESTAURANTE.; The Food, The Wine, and The Music of Spain
(San Francisco). c. 1930s. 1st Printing. Broadside. Small vignette at head. 14" x 8". White card stock, printed in red and black, now housed in a mylar sleeve. More about HOTEL ST. FRANCIS SAN FRANCISCO.; Cold Buffet
(San Francisco). [1955]. 1st Printing. Printed bifolium, with one slip. Decorative. 10" x 6-1/2". White card stock, self wrappers, green, red and brown lettering. Slip: green card stock, red lettering, stapled in. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. Ink marking reads: "With Mama! Nov. 20 '55" More about BUNNY'S WAFFLE SHOPS; 1106 Market Street - 964 Market Street - San Francisco
(n.p.). c. 1930s. 1st Printing. Printed bifolium. Small vignette to upper wrapper. 8-2/8" x 6-2/8". Card stock self wrappers, printed in blue, now housed in a mylar sleeve. More about The GANGPLANK
(Oakland). Fotes Printing Co., c. 1930s. 4 pp. unnumbered. One slip. Illustrated upper wrapper, small colorful vignetteof a rooster on slip. 11-1/4" x 7". 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... More about TINY'S. 1762 Broadway.; Other Shops at San Francisco - Stockton - San Jose
(n.p.). 1922. 1st Printing. Loose leaf house in larger wrappers. Symbol of the Shriners embossed to upper wrapper. Approx: 5-1/2" x 5-2/8". 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. Now housed in... More about WELCOME SHRINERS SAN FRANCISCO COMMERCIAL CLUB.; Table D'Hote Menu
San Francisco. Allied Printing. c. 1951. 1st printing. 8 pp. Profusely illustrated by Mladen Mileff. 4" x 5-1/2". Pictorial, tan wrappers. Red and blue lettering. Stapled. A BBQ restaurant located at 162 Turk Street in San Francisco. Set up like a book with a introduction titled "On Dining", a "Table... More about OLD DIXIE BAR-B-Q; Charcoal Barbecue
[Oroville?]: [1887]. Cabinet card b/w albumen photograph, with printed caption underneath. Card verso annotated in ink, "J. Wood's display of preserved fruit." Oblong format: 5-1/4" x 8-3/8". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. While CSU Chico has a number of these images, most are from the second fair [1888]... More about VIEWS TAKEN On CHRISTMAS DAY, 1887, At OROVILLE, CAL., of First Butte County Citrus Fair
San Francisco. Telegraph Press, Printers. [1962]. 1st Printing. Printed bifolium. Few smaller vignettes throughout. 10" x 6-1/2". White card stock self wrapper's, printed in red and white, black lettering, now housed in a mylar sleeve. The inscriptions are signatures (first names) of all the people that were at this dinner. (presumed). More about MARTIN'S ESPAÑOL.; Basque Restaurant
(San Francisco). c. 1920s. 1st Printing. Printed bifolium. Illustrated upper wrapper. 7-1/2" x 4-1/2". Light green, card stock, self wrappers, black lettering now housed in a mylar sleeve. More about VISIT...TOM, TOM & JOE'S LIGHTHOUSE.; Fishermans Wharf San Francisco
(n.p.). c. 1940s. 1st Printing. 4 pp. unnumbered. Decorative wrappers and small vignette to upper wrapper. 11" x 7". White card stock self wrappers, printed in tan/brown (decorative) to recto of wrappers, black lettering, now housed in a mylar sleeve. Everything from corned beef and pastrami to frankfurters and beans... More about WELCOME To The PICADILLY INN.; Where Courtesy, Quality and Cleanliness Rule Above All - FEATURING...
(San Francisco). c. 1960s - 1970s. 1st Printing. Bifolium, housed in larger wrappers. Pictorial upper wrapper, small vignettes to bifolium. 13" x 7". Illustrated vinyl wrappers, white paper leaves printed in gold and black, bound with a gold cord tie, now housed in a mylar sleeve. More about CAPTAIN'S TABLE.; Captain's Table at the Fisherman's Wharf
(San Francisco). c. 1960s. 1st Printing. 4 pp. unnumbered. Housed in larger wrappers. Illustration to upper wrapper, small illustrations internally. 12" x 9". Black card stock wrappers, illustration in blue, red and "gold" to upper wrapper, white leaves printed in black and brown, bound with a red cord tie. Ink... More about TUDOR ROOM At The PALACE CORNER.; Sheraton-Palace Hotel San Francisco
San Francisco. Allied Printing. c. 1920s (?). 1st printing. 4 pp. unnumbered. Decorative border to upper wrapper. 11-3/8" x 7". Off white, card stock self wrappers, brown and black lettering, now housed in a mylar sleeve. More about PRESS GRILL - BILL OF FARE
San Francisco. The Hansen Co., c. 1930s (?). 1st Printing. 4 pp. unnumbered. Small vignette on upper wrapper. 11" x 7". White card stock, navy blue and red lettering, now housed in a mylar sleeve. More about BILL OF FARE - PRESS GRILL ...And... OYSTER HOUSE Inc
Oakland, California: William B. Ingersoll, (n. d.). Ca 1874. Stereo image mounted to deep yellow stiff-stock paper. Lettering in brown ink. Verso blank. Landscape format: 3-3/8" x 6-15/16". Rounded corners. Image size: 3-1/16" x 2-7/8". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "The 200-room Tubbs Hotel opened in 1871 just... More about TUBBS HOTEL. E. OAKLAND 153
(San Francisco). c. 1930s. 1st Printing. 24 pp. Illustrated. Erotic illustration by Philip Little (1857 - 1942) to upper wrapper as well as several smaller ones throughout. 10-6/8" x 7-2/8". Illustrated white paper wrappers, stapled twice, white leaves, black lettering, now housed in a mylar sleeve. This souvenir menu includes... More about BAL TABRIN.; San Francisco Landmarks - Seal Rocks
