Menu. January 24, 1890

first edition

1890 · East Pasadena, Cal.; Boston

by [Menu – The Raymond (East Pasadena, Cal.)]
East Pasadena, Cal.; Boston: the hotel; [Robinson Eng. Co. 32 Hawley Street], 1890. Bi-fold menu (13 x 11.4 cm.), [4] pages. Printed in red and black. The printer information is from a small blind-stamp on the rear panel. An attractively designed menu for The Raymond, or Royal Raymond, the first manifestation of the first major resort hotel in the San Gabriel Valley, built in 1886, just four years before this menu was printed. Just four year later the grand hotel, a Victorian wooden structure with a shingle roof and eighty chimneys, burnt down on Easter Sunday, 1895. A new hotel was built on the spot, and over the years hosted guests including Teddy Roosevelt, Charlie Chaplin, and Nellie Melba. The menu includes fifty-one items, mostly staples of grand American hotel dining, but also some more unusual dishes, including Sea Moss Blancmange with Cream, Wafer Jumblies, and Layer Raisins. Printed on tan card stock, with a die-cut "deckled" edge. The front panel of the menu includes a tiny engraving of the hotel on its hill, printed in red. Fine. (Inventory #: 10027)
Rabelais Inc.
Offered by

Rabelais: Fine Books on Food & Drink

2 Main St., Ste. 18-214
Biddeford, ME 04005
email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Specializing in Six centuries of printed and manuscript books on food and drink, including cookery, gastronomy, wine, spirits, mycology, farming and gardening. An extensive inventory of culinary ephemera includes menus, trade cards, photographs and more. We buy and sell fine and rare books on all fields related to food and drink, and work with clients worldwide to source rare books and develop private collections.
More from this seller
View all from this seller>

The ABAA
Promise

You can be confident that when you make a purchase through ABAA.org, the item is sold by an ABAA member in full compliance with our Code of Ethics. Our sellers guarantee your order will be shipped promptly and that all items are as described. Buy with confidence through ABAA.org.