The American Menu

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Showing posts with label Vegetarianism. Show all posts
Monday, May 10, 2021

Economic Precarity

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1864-1938   O ne of the underlying themes of American ephemera is the expansion of the middle and upper classes. Over time, higher incomes a...
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Thursday, April 1, 2021

Om Shanti

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Los Angeles,  1971  The  front  of this large menu from 1971 features the word “om” in Devanagari script. Underneath is a description of thi...
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Saturday, January 28, 2012

The Religion of Health

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New York City & Chicago 1904-1911 In the early twentieth century, there was a growing awareness that exercise and diet played an ...
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Thursday, January 12, 2012

The Laurel

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New York City,  1903-04 The Laurel was one of only a few vegetarian restaurants in New York at the turn of the last century. Techni...
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Henry Voigt
My collection of American menus and related culinary ephemera provides historical evidence of how people have dined outside the home over time. I am a member of the American Antiquarian Society, Grolier Club, and the Ephemera Society of America. You can contact me at Henry.B.Voigt [at] gmail.com
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