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On the menu

We’ve mentioned our ever-expanding collection of vintage cookery books in previous blogs.

An offshoot of this collection consists of vintage menus.

It’s interesting to peruse the dishes on offer… in fact, it’s made us feel quite hungry writing this post.

However, it’s the period graphics, fonts & illustrations that we really look out for.

Some of the artwork is stunning – and the menus themselves are very framable.

We have menus from restaurants, bars, airlines and cruise ships.

Due to their ephemeral nature, interesting examples are quite hard to get hold of.

…but we enjoy the hunt!

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Tags: airlines, BOAC, cruise ships, ephemera, food, Graphics, illustration, KLM, menu, menus, Otto Dicke, Polish Ocean Lines, Porterhouse, restaurants, Trans World Service, Trattoria, TWA

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7 Responses to “On the menu”

1. Jess says:

   April 8, 2010 at 1:53 pm

   They are all so fab! I bet http://grainedit.com/ will be very interested in this post, right up their street!
2. Courtney Chesley says:

   April 8, 2010 at 3:54 pm

   LOVE this collection! I completely adore vintage menus & cookbook illustrations.
3. Adelle & Justin, the H is for Home folks! says:

   April 8, 2010 at 6:21 pm

   Hi Jess & Courtney,

   Thank you both for your lovely comments! This post took a long time because of all the images… but the next one to come will have even more – so keep an eye out!
4. Thrifted Treasure says:

   April 9, 2010 at 5:29 am

   I love all of them!! The graphics are fab and I love old menus and cookbooks cos it’s so nice reading what food was “en vogue” back then, much heartier nosh than now!
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