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To hang a six-menu wall, lay it out on the floor first, pick a grid or a balanced salon arrangement, keep a consistent 2-3 inch gap, and hang from the centre outward. Use paper templates and a level s

This is an original combined breakfast and lunch menu from Hamburg-Amerika Linie, September 25, 1901, preserved in the Buttolph Collection at The New York Public Library. The cover combines HAPAG’s go

A restaurant dining-room menu wall should match the cuisine and the period you are evoking, use one consistent frame, and hang at seated eye level so diners read it from the table. Choose menus that e

This is an original dinner menu from Hamburg-Amerika Linie, July 8, 1901, preserved in the Buttolph Collection at The New York Public Library. The cover illustration is unusual for transatlantic menus

Vintage banquet and grand-hotel menus suit a lobby because they are formal, large-format, and historic. Hang a symmetrical row or grid of matched frames behind the desk or along a circulation wall, an

This is an original lunch menu from Hamburg-Amerika Linie, June 20, 1901, preserved in the Buttolph Collection at The New York Public Library. The cover uses the same Art Nouveau template as the Augus

For a French bistro look, lean on real Belle Epoque Paris cards, classic New York French-restaurant menus, and ocean-liner wine lists. Warm wood frames, cream mats, and a tight grouping near the bar o

This is an original breakfast (“frühstück”) menu from Hamburg-Amerika Linie, February 12, 1901, preserved in the Buttolph Collection at The New York Public Library. The cover is a fine example of Germ

8×10 is for shelves and tight spaces, 11×14 is the all-rounder for groupings and most rooms, and 16×20 is the statement size that anchors a wall on its own. All three print at 300 DPI, so the choice i

This is an original daily menu — bremen to america service from Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen, October 25, 1884, preserved in the Buttolph Collection at The New York Public Library. The cover combines a