Russian peasants along a Volga River in 1870. Photographer Vasiliy(William) Carrick (1827 - 1878). National Library of Russia.
Thursday, July 17, 2014
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Menus tell a story
Served to President William McKinley and his party on their way to Thomasville, Georgia for a little R&R in March of 1899. I wonder what was in Cardinal Punch?
Menu collection of Miss Frank E. Buttolph, New York Public Library
McKinley and his wife, Ida (right), visit his political mentor, Mark Hanna (right, standing), in Thomasville, Georgia. The other people are unidentified. (Photograph - Library of Congress)
In 1881 breakfast served at the Sanford House hotel in Sanford, Florida included hominy, broiled shad, and green tea.
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