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Chicken Hot Dog Label

Date: 1928
Description: Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Chicken Hot Dog, Chicken Redhot Company, W.M. Neill, proprietor." On the label is an...
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Meister Bräu, Beer Label

Date: 1933
Description: Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Meister Bräu, 'The Beer' Brewed and bottled by Peter Hand Brewing Co." In the top le...
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Loewen Bräu, Beer Label

Date: 1933
Description: Label submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Loewen Bräu (Lion Brew) Beer, United States Brewing Co." The label features the silh...
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Standard Cream Cans, Illustration

Date: 07 23 1940
Description: Drawing submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. Swift & Company standard cream cans illustration. The shoulders of the cans are pai...
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Half-Century Club Inaugural Luncheon Menu

Date: 04 22 1952
Description: Menu from the Inaugural Luncheon of the Half-Century Club of the National Association of Tobacco Distributors, with a pioneer driving a team of horses pull...
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Jacob Black and Belle Mandelbaum Wedding Dinner Menu

Date: 10 26 1887
Description: Menu card for the wedding dinner of Jacob Black and Belle Mandelbaum at the Palmer House, with blind embossed type for "Menu," an embossed silver bell and ...
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An Evening with Chicago's Book People Menu

Date: 11 29 1944
Description: Back and front covers and inside menu listing, of a die cut three-quarter view of a cloth-bound book with an inset title plate, and a guest list with a few...
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Menu for Army Reunion Banquet

Date: 12 16 1868
Description: Exterior and interior menu listing for an Army Reunion Banquet held at the Chamber of Commerce in Chicago. On the cover is a gold shield with a silver star...
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Palmer House Menu

Date: 10 02 1884
Description: Foldout menu with a central menu listing, with a banner at the top with hunting rifles, a horn, and fishing poles; and surrounding vignettes of hunters aim...
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Hotel Sherman Cellar Book Menu Exterior

Date: 12 05 1933
Description: Front and back covers of the Hotel Sherman wine list of cocktails, wines, champagnes, and liqueurs, with a woodcut of a man clutching multiple bottles of s...
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Hotel Sherman Cellar Book Menu Interior

Date: 12 05 1933
Description: First two pages of the interior of the Hotel Sherman wine list, with a woodcut of a man in a top hat, suit coat, and trousers, lying supine on the ground, ...
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Guey Sam Menu

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Description: Front cover and first two pages of Guey Sam menu, with the name of the restaurant in a red heart (characters) and a column-shaped decorative field (English...
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Mortons Surf Club Menu Exterior

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Description: Front and back covers of the Mortons Surf Club menu, with a black on blue grid of Chicago streets from Lake Michigan to Vincennes Avenue, and E. 45th to E....
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Mortons Surf Club Menu Interior

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Description: Interior menu pages from Mortons Surf Club, with spot illustrations on colored rounds of representative items, such as the "Mortini" for the drinks section...
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National Peace Jubilee Banquet Menu

Date: 10 19 1898
Description: Front cover, first illustration, and menu page for the "National Peace Jubilee Banquet tendered to The President of the United States and distinguished gue...
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Blackstone Hotel Meatless Tuesday Menu

Date: 10 30 1917
Description: Two-sided dinner card menu from the Blackstone Hotel for Meatless Tuesday ("Dishes containing beef, veal, mutton, lamb or pork will not be served to-day.")...
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Kona Kai Lounge Menu

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Description: Front cover and selected drink pages from the Kona Kai Lounge, a Polynesian-themed bar and restaurant in the Marriott Hotel, with a carved figure used as a...
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World's Columbian Exposition Tea Room Menu

Date: 1893
Description: One-page tea room menu from the Woman's Building at the World's Columbian Exposition. At the top is an illustration of a gondolier steering a couple in a c...
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Egbert W. Gillett

Date: 1893
Description: Lithograph portrait of Egbert W. Gillett, who wrote Gillett's magic cook book in 1892 and founded the Northwestern Yeast Company in Chicago in 1893....

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