Digital Collection
2013.041.842

Menu

Half-folded joke table d'hote menu ostentatiously from the Hotel Occidental of Yspilanti. Westfall and Moorman are listed on the cover as the proprietors. The menu lists numerous absurd or pun offerings including "Turkey Question, Grecian Sauce," "Dude's Brains on a half shell," "Fried Ice," "Wild Oats, gathered by experience," "Sour Grapes," and "Standard Oil Benzine." A brief comical passage about the hotel, and a list of rules of similar character are printed on the back of the menu.

Date
c. 1915
Year Range From
1914
Extent of Description
4.25" x 6.75" folded
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