Menu

Object Name:

Menu

Object ID:

1965.075.02

Creator:

New Hampshire Steam Printing WorksManufacturer

Place of Origin:

Concord, NH

Date:

circa 1852

Description:

Menu. From the Eagle Hotel, Concord, NH. Printed by New Hampshire Steam Printing Works, Concord, NH, as a keepsake menu for guests at a dinner held in honor of President-elect Franklin Pierce (1809-1864). Cream-colored silk with satin weave and finish. Image of hotel with swirls on each side and text roller or copperplate printed in black ink. Edges hand finished with 0.5" light blue satin binding. Printing: "EAGLE HOTEL" in between two spirals, "OPPOSITE THE CAPITOL, MAIN STREET, CONCORD, N.H. / JOHN GIBSON, PROPRIETOR, / DECEMBER 22, 1852 / BILL OF FARE (printed in a scroll) / SOUP. / Mock Turtle. / COLD MEATS. / Ham. Pressed Beef. / Tongue. Boned Turkey, with Jelly. / BOILED. / Turkey, Oyster Sauce. Ham. Leg Mutton, Capper Sauce. / ENTREES. / Escalloped Oysters. Lobster Salad. / Oyster Pies. Macaroni Pies. / Chicken Salad. Fried Pickerel. / ROAST. / Beef, Horse Radish. Chickens. / Turkey, Cranberry Sauce. Ham Champagne Sauce. / Pork, Apple Sauce. Lamb, Mint Sauce. / GAME. / Black Duck, Apple Jelly. Wild Goose, Quince Jelly. / Canvass Back Ducks, Currant Jel. Quails, Wine Sauce. / VEGETABLES. / Potatoes. Squash. / Onions. Celery. / Sweet Potatoes. Tomatoes. / Mashed Potatoes. Turnips. Lettuce. / PASTRY. / Bird's Nest Pudding. Cranberry Tarts. / Mince Pie. Apple Pie. Gooseberry Pie. / Squash Pie. Currant Tarts. DESSERT. / Ice Creams, Wine Jelly, Brandy Peaches, Blackberry Jam, Raspberry Jam, / Pine Apple Jelly, Apples, Almonds, Raisins, Figs, Grapes, Filberts, / Walnuts, Pecan Nuts, Charlotte Ruse. / New-Hampshire Steam Printing Works-Tripp & Osgood, Proprietors, Concord." White cotton cambric plain weave backing. Remnants of paper and adhesive along front top and bottom edges. Possibly "Druelé", "Drelé", or "Druelér" written on backing in pencil.

Material:

Textile
Silk
Cotton

Dimensions:

H-9.75 W-6.5 inches

Provenance:

"Menu found among the possessions of Mr. H. Rawson of Kent, Conn., who had dinner at the hotel, by his daughter Mrs. Melvin Young of 90 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, Mass., who gave it to Mrs. Sulloway."
From the Eagle Hotel, Concord, NH. Printed by New Hampshire Steam Printing Works, Concord, NH, as a keepsake menu for guests at a dinner held in honor of President-elect Franklin Pierce (1809-1864) on December 22, 1852.

Credit Line:

Gift of Faith Sulloway

People:

Sulloway, Faith, Rawson, H., Tripp, Ervin B., Osgood, Robert C., Pierce, Franklin (1804-1869), Gibson, John (1804-1857)

Subjects:

Hotels, Menus, Restaurants, Food, Printing, Printmaking, Printing industry, Printing plates, Printing blocks, Textiles, Textile printing, Textile production, Textile industry, Textiles cylinder printed, Silk, Scrolls, Presidents