Menu

Half-folded J.L. Hudson Company Dining Rooms menu, dated October 15, 1950, bearing an illustration by E.E. Anthony of the Detroit and Windsor Ferry Company passenger ferry PROMISE with people gathered along a dock in the foreground, in white on copper on the cover. A brief passage about the history of ferry boats on the Detroit River is on the back cover. Within the menu is divided into the sections "Soups and Appetizers," "Shopper's Luncheon," "Sandwiches," "Desserts," "Fruits," "Hudson-Made Ice Cream and Sundaes," and "Beverages." A note along the bottom of the menu's interior informs, "Detroit's Police Department asks everyone's help in its traffic safety program, "Watch Out For Kids."