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Schomburg menu collection

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Schomburg menu collection, 1893-ca. 2000.
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Mixed materialUse in library Sc MG 895Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives

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1 lin. ft. (84 items)
Summary
Included in the collection are menus from Harlem and New York restaurants, such as Sylvia's restaurant and Home Sweet Harlem Café, and nightclubs such as, Club Baby Grand, The Cotton Club, Savoy Ballroom and Smalls Paradise. There are also items from the African Pavilion at the 1964 World's Fair, Ethiopian Airlines, Fort Huachaca, home of the Buffalo Soldiers, Motown Café, Royal Air Maroc, and the foreign minister's residence in Liberia
Subject
  • Sylvia's Restaurant (Harlem, New York, N.Y.)
  • Cotton Club
  • Small's Paradise (Nightclub : Harlem, New York, N.Y.)
  • Savoy Ballroom (Harlem, New York, N.Y.)
  • Menus > United States
  • Menus > African Americans
  • African American cooking
  • African Americans > Social life and customs
  • Dinners and dining > African Americans
  • Restaurants > United States
  • Food habits > African Americans
  • Airlines > Food service > Africa
  • Invitation cards
  • Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Social life and customs
  • Arizona > Social life and customs
  • New Orleans (La.) > Social life and customs
  • Ethiopia > Social life and customs
  • Liberia > Social life and customs
Biography (note)
  • The Schomburg Menu Collection consists of 84 menus and related ephemera such as banquet and private dinner menus, wine lists, floor plans, invitations and photo covers, dated from 1893 through ca. 2000.
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  • Preliminary finding aid available.
Call Number
Sc MG 895
OCLC
905712002
Title
Schomburg menu collection, 1893-ca. 2000.
Biography
The Schomburg Menu Collection consists of 84 menus and related ephemera such as banquet and private dinner menus, wine lists, floor plans, invitations and photo covers, dated from 1893 through ca. 2000.
Indexes
Preliminary finding aid available.
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Sc MG 895
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