2013.041.694
Menu
Half-folded Thanksgiving dinner menu from the Whittier, dated Thursday, November 25, 1948. The menu is printed on cardstock and has a color illustration of a plucked turkey and a rabbit hung over an arrangement of clams, a pie, grapes, a jug, two potatoes, and a pilgrim's hat with an arrow through its crown. A passage about Sarah Josepha Hale's role in the adoption of the holiday and the menu, priced at $2.75 per person is contained within.
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