Historic New England

Dinner for the directors of the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, Revere House, Boston, Mass., March 30, 1867

The menu has boiled salmon, partridge and champagne sherbet among the offerings.

Date: 1867-03-30

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309065

Ref. Code: EP001.06.02.008

Complimentary dinner to Dr. Winslow Lewis, Jr. by fifteen gentlemen, Revere House, Boston, Mass., March 19, 1849

Dr. Winslow Lewis was a Boston Public Library Trustee and president of the New England Historic Genealogical Society. The menu is decorated with pink and blue flowers.

Date: 1849-03-19

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309076

Ref. Code: EP001.06.02.009

Supper menu, Revere House, Boston, Mass., undated

Supper is served from six to twelve o'clock. Hot and cold dishes are served including some breakfast items. The exterior of Revere House can be seen in the illustration. J.F. Merrow & Company are the proprietors.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309078

Ref. Code: EP001.06.02.010

Quincy family collection

This small collection of family papers includes two inventories of the Quincy House created by Eliza Susan Quincy as well as an illustrated poetry book and an individual sketch by her. The book includes both images and short passages. It is inscribed to Mary Jane (Miller) Quincy, Eliza Susans siste...

Date: 1806-1876, undated

Collection: Quincy family collection

GUSN: 309079

Ref. Code: MS053

Complimentary dinner given by the authorities of Boston to the President of the United States and the Governor General of Canada, upon the completion of the railroads between Boston, Canada and the far West, Revere House, Boston, Mass., Septembe 17, 1851

Boston celebrated the completion of railway lines connecting New England with Canada and the West. The menu cover has an illustration of Revere House and a doily border.

Date: 1851-09-17

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309082

Ref. Code: EP001.06.02.011

Supper given by Hon. William M. Converse to the Rifle Company of Norwich, Captain Chester, and to Rifle Company B, Captain Peale, at the Tontine, New Haven, Connecticut, April 29, 1861

The dinner was given for two military units about to engage in the Civil War.

Date: 1861-04-29

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309136

Ref. Code: EP001.06.19.016

First dinner in Tremont House, Boston, Mass., October 16, 1829

The handwritten bill of fare features boiled cod, roast beef, turkeys, pears and grapes. Dwight Boyden is the hotel owner. Isaiah Rogers was the designer of Tremont House. Menu appears to be a copy.

Date: 1829-10-16

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309145

Ref. Code: EP001.06.02.012

Entertainment complimentary to the Hon. Benjamin Seaver,Tremont House, Boston, Mass., December 31, 1849

The bill of fare features French dishes, wild geese, English pheasants and Roman punch. Benjamin Seaver was a Massachusetts politician and the Boston Mayor, 1852-1853.

Date: 1849-12-31

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309148

Ref. Code: EP001.06.02.013

Menu of a luncheon to representatives of the press, by Mr. E.M. Statler, on the day preceding the formal opening of the new Hotel Statler, Boston, Mass., March 9, 1927

Text inside the menu reads "This pre-opening luncheon is the first function in the new hotel, the first service of a meal to a body of guests."

Date: 1927-03-09

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309152

Ref. Code: EP001.06.18.002

Opening dinner, Hotel Statler, Boston, Mass., March 10, 1927

The menu has a greeting to the dinner guests from E.M. Statler at the hotel dedication. The guests dined on noisette of lamb, spring chicken and fresh stawberries. An illustration of the hotel is on the front cover.

Date: 1927-03-10

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309156

Ref. Code: EP001.06.18.003

Dinner menu, Hotel Statler, Boston, Mass., August 6, 1944

The menu lists beverages, appetizers, a cold buffet, hot dishes, desserts, ice cream and cheese. The hotel management does not procure food from black market vendors. A logo urges customers to buy war bonds.

Date: 1944-08-06

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309157

Ref. Code: EP001.06.18.004

Dinner menu, The Ritz-Carlton, Boston, Mass., March 21, 1959

The Ritz-Carlton logo is at the top of the menu. The menu has New England clam chowder, imported caviar, schrod, steaks and strawberries Ritz.

Date: 1959-03-21

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309164

Ref. Code: EP001.06.18.005

Menu, The Ritz-Carlton, Boston, Mass., March 22, 1959

The Ritz-Carlton logo is at the top of the menu. The menu has Vienna schnitzel, ham and eggs country style, Finnan haddie and strawberry shortcake.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309165

Ref. Code: EP001.06.18.006

Menus - Boston Hotels - 19th century

Sub-series

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309198

Ref. Code: EP001.06.03

Postcard for the Blue Ship Tea Room, 27 T Wharf, Boston, Mass., undated

The front of the postcard reads "Enjoy transcendental atmosphere at the Blue Ship Tea Room where Russell Blake Howe re-creates music of Beethoven, Chopin and Liszt." The menu is printed inside and on the postcard verso.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309201

Ref. Code: EP001.06.17.001

Chez Erik, restaurant français, 105 Pinckney Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Customers can arrange to dine here before theatre performances. Bridge and private parties can be arranged through reservations. There is a small map showing the restaurnt location. The illustration is by Phillips Dudley Booth. A separate trade card has the same illustration.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309208

Ref. Code: EP001.06.17.002

Maître Jacques, menu special pour le jouer de l'an, Berkeley Street, Boston, Mass., 1957

Maître Jacques was founded in 1957 by Lucien and Martha Ann Robert. The restaurant was a precursor to Maison Robert which was located for many years in the Old City Hall building on School Street. Text on the menu verso reads "Maître Jacques is the symbol of the Norman peasant and his motto is 'C'és...

Date: 1957

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309214

Ref. Code: EP001.06.17.003

Breakfast menu, Union Club of Boston, 8 Park Street, Boston, Mass., September 22, 1929

The Union Club offers breakfast for a $1.00 Two of the special breakfasts were fish balls and baked beans and brown bread.

Date: 1929-09-22

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309215

Ref. Code: EP001.06.17.004

Takeout menu, Regina Pizzeria, 11 1/2 Thacher Street, North End, Boston, Mass., undated

The illustration depicts street activity outside the restaurant in the North End.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309216

Ref. Code: EP001.06.17.005

99 to go menu, Ninety Nine, 29-31 Austin Street, Charlestown, Mass., undated

Appetizers, sandwiches and entrées are described for customers. Restaurant locations are listed on the verso. A call-ahead seating card is attached to the front of the menu.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309217

Ref. Code: EP001.06.17.006

Jimmy's Kipo's Pizzeria Restaurant & Ice Cream, 106 Bunker Hill Street, Charlestown, Mass., 2010

The business serves subs, pizza, fried and baked dinners. Coupons are included on the menu.

Date: 2010

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309218

Ref. Code: EP001.06.17.007

Takeout menu, Speedy's, Hong Kong & Mandarin cuisine, 297 Main Street, Charlestown, Mass., undated

Pandas decorate the front of the takeout menu. A map on the verso gives the restaurant as "Speedy Wong's."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309219

Ref. Code: EP001.06.17.008

Takeout menu, New Speedy Chen's, Chinese restaurant, 297 Main Street, Charlestown, Mass., undated

Appetizers, lunch specials and all day dinner combinations are listed.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309220

Ref. Code: EP001.06.17.009

Breakfast menu, The Berkeley, Boylston and Berkeley Streets, Boston, Mass., undated

Breakfast offerings are fruit, fish, broiled and fried dishes, eggs, potatoes and bread. Baked beans and brown bread are served on Sundays.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309222

Ref. Code: EP001.06.02.019

Inventory of Beacon Hill residence: "Descriptive Inventory of Fathers Belongings at 16 Louisburg Square"

An inventory of the Beacon Hill residence of M. A. De Wolfe Howe, father of the donor, Helen Howe Allen.

Date: undated

Collection: Quincy family collection

GUSN: 309229

Ref. Code: MS053.002

Inventory of Quincy House: "Catalog of the furniture, pictures & etc. in the house erected by Col. Josiah Quincy of Braintree 1770"

An unfinished inventory of the contents of the Quincy House in 1876 created by Eliza Susan Quincy.

Date: 1876

Collection: Quincy family collection

GUSN: 309230

Ref. Code: MS053.003

Inventory of Quincy House: "List of Pictures & Furniture & c. in the House built 1770"

An inventory of the contents of the Quincy House in 1876 created by Eliza Susan Quincy. This is a photocopy of the original, which is held by the Massachusetts Historical Society.

Date: 1879

Collection: Quincy family collection

GUSN: 309231

Ref. Code: MS053.004

Letter to 'Edmund' from 'Hannah'

A letter to an unidentified "Edmund" from "Hannah." The letter appears to be relatively modern, as it mentions snapshot photographs. It is likely that it was sent to Edmund Quincy (1903-1997) by a friend of the family. She mentions Paul, Nigel, and Catherine, none of whom are given last names.

Date: undated

Collection: Quincy family collection

GUSN: 309232

Ref. Code: MS053.005

Letter to Elisha Clap from Josiah Quincy III

A letter from Josiah Quincy III to Rev. Elisha Clap regarding Clap's election as Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Date: 1811

Collection: Quincy family collection

GUSN: 309233

Ref. Code: MS053.006

Letter to Josiah Quincy III from Elisha Clap

A letter from Elisha Clap to Josiah Quincy III in response to Clap's election as Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Date: 1812

Collection: Quincy family collection

GUSN: 309234

Ref. Code: MS053.008

Poetry book

A book of poetry and other personal writings. It is signed on multiple pages "A. C. Lowell," so it may have belonged to Anna Cabot Lowell (d. 1810), good friend of Eliza Susan (Morton) Quincy. It features Prince of Wales feathers on the cover.

Date: 1806, undated

Collection: Quincy family collection

GUSN: 309235

Ref. Code: MS053.010

Sketch: "View of the Lighthouse in Boston Harbour from the house of Josiah Quincy Esq. at Quincy"

A sketch of the Boston Harbor lighthouse by Eliza Susan Quincy.

Date: 1828

Collection: Quincy family collection

GUSN: 309236

Ref. Code: MS053.011

Illustrated book of poetry

A bound volume of poetry and watercolors created by Eliza Susan Quincy and given to her sister-in-law, Mary Jane Miller Quincy, in 1828.

Date: 1828

Collection: Quincy family collection

GUSN: 309237

Ref. Code: MS053.001

Menu, Hotel Tuileries, 270 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Mass., July 27, 1897

The menu lists wines for each course. The item verso reads "Complimentary to Hon. Lyman J. Gage, Sec. of the Treasury of the United States, Boston, July 27, 1897." Gage was secretary of the treasury in the William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt administrations.

Date: 1897-07-27

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309254

Ref. Code: EP001.06.02.020

"Cape Cod Canal Handbook, fully indexed, in behalf of George S. Hall and others, petitioners"

"They ask a charter with opportunity to apply for national aid. Possibly limited state aid later, at discretion of governor and council, but not now."

Date: 189?

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 309252

Ref. Code: MS028.05.006.001

Ticket for Polly Perkins Restaurant, 71 Hancock Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The ticket entitles the bearer to $5.00 in meals at the restaurant. "No. 42" is stamped on the verso.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309256

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.05.01.020

Menus - Hotel Vendome

Sub-series

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309259

Ref. Code: EP001.06.04

To our guests Merry Christmas, Hotel Vendome, Boston, Mass., Christmas 1892

As part of the menu there is an illustrated poem titled "Pansies and ferns, an enchanted posy," by Isabella J. Postgate.

Date: 1892-12-25

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309275

Ref. Code: EP001.06.04.001

"Closing Argument of Richard Olney"

Closing argument of Richard Olney in favor of the Cape Cod Ship Canal Company's petition for an extension of the time of construction of the Cape Cod Canal. This argument was presented to the Committee on Harbors and Public Lands on April 1, 1891.

Date: 1891-04-01

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 309268

Ref. Code: MS028.05.006.002

"Something About Cape Cod Canals"

Extracts from the closing arguments of Col. Bowdoin S. Parker before the Joint Committee on Harbors and Public Lands, April 18, 1899.

Date: 1899-04-18

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 309269

Ref. Code: MS028.05.006.003

Thanksgiving dinner menu, Hotel Vendome, Boston, Mass., November 30, 1893

A turkey and a cornucopia decorate the cover. The menu lists beignets, turkey, English plum pudding and punch à la Regence.

Date: 1893-11-30

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309277

Ref. Code: EP001.06.04.002

"Highway Bridges Over Cape Cod Canal at Bourne, Massachusetts: Superstructure Contract"

A book published by the United States Army Corps of Engineers including the bid form, the specifications, and the plans for the highway bridges over Cape Cod Canal at Bourne.

Date: 1933

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 309278

Ref. Code: MS028.05.007.002

"Vertical Lift Railway Bridge Over Cape Cod Canal at Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts: Superstructure Contract"

A book published by the United States Army Corps of Engineers including the bid form, the specifications, and the plans for the vertical lift railway bridge over Cape Cod Canal at Buzzards Bay.

Date: 1934

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 309279

Ref. Code: MS028.05.007.003

"Letter from the Secretary of War"

A letter submitted to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors of the United States House of Representatives in 1919, transmitting a tentative draft of legislation authorizing the purchase of the Cape Cod Canal.

Date: 1919-05-28

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 309280

Ref. Code: MS028.05.007.004

"Cape Cod Canal 1988 Tide Tables"

A pamphlet published by the United States Army Corps of Engineers providing information about tides in 1988. The cover shows an image of ships passing under a bridge on the Cape Cod Canal.

Date: 1988

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 309281

Ref. Code: MS028.05.007.005

"Cape Cod Canal" (2 copies)

A pamphlet with unknown publisher, including a history of attempts to build the Cape Cod Canal, descriptions of the engineering features and uses of the Canal. Information about wrecks around Cape Cod, weather conditions, the effect of the Canal on food supply, the costs of the Canal, and the acquis...

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 309282

Ref. Code: MS028.05.007.006

"Cape Cod Canal and Atlantic Coast Waterways"

A transcription of an address given by August Belmont before the National Rivers and Harbors Congress in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, December 7, 1911.

Date: 1911

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 309283

Ref. Code: MS028.05.007.007

"The National Importance of the Cape Cod Canal"

A pamphlet outlining the importance of the Cape Cod Canal, written by Rear Admiral Colby M. Chester in 1914.

Date: 1914

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 309284

Ref. Code: MS028.05.007.008

"Cape Cod Canal, gateway to America's intra-coastal waterway" (2 copies)

A pamphlet published by the United States Army Corps of Engineers about the Cape Cod Canal. The cover shows an illustration of the vertical lift railroad bridge over Cape Cod Canal.

Date: ca. 1975

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 309285

Ref. Code: MS028.05.008.001

Hamilton House interior

A view of the corner of the parlor at Hamilton House in South Berwick, Maine. Visible is a portion of the mural painted by George Porter Fernald in 1907. This mural is based in part on the French scenic wallpaper Les Monuments de Paris and it depicts many important Colonial and Federal-era buildings...

Date: undated

Collection: Elizabeth (Tyson) Vaughan photographic collection

GUSN: 310934

Ref. Code: PC062.29.04

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