A printed after-theatre or opera supper menu from Brown Palace Hotel, 1900. From the era when Broadway, the Metropolitan Opera, and Carnegie Hall defined New York’s evening cultural life.
The after-theatre supper was an institution in turn-of-the-century New York. Diners moved straight from Broadway, the Metropolitan Opera, the Academy of Music, or Carnegie Hall to nearby restaurants and cafés that printed special late-evening menus for the theatre crowd. These cards capture the rhythm of urban cultural life as it was lived.
What you receive
- Three print sizes: 8×10, 11×14, 16×20 inches (300 DPI).
- Two versions of each size: a pure print (no added text) and a museum print (with a small caption).
- One ZIP file, instantly downloadable after checkout.
About the source
This menu is preserved in the Buttolph Collection of Menus at The New York Public Library and is in the public domain in the United States. The Menu Press has digitally restored and reformatted the work for modern printing.
