Briggs House Hotel, Chicago 1883 Sizes:A3+ (329x483mm, 13x19 inch) Archival Print (Unframed) The owner was kitchenware distributor

The owner was kitchenware distributor and restaurant designer I Arthur Ganger who operated another whimsical New York restaurant the "Bird in Hand" which specialized in fried chicken

I've had better and I've had worse but not for that price

It refers to a “bill of fare” rather than a menu and the lady standing at the car is wearing a long skirt

This is a rare find from Boston

dated 1923

Briggs House Hotel, Chicago 1883 Sizes:A3+ (329x483mm, 13x19 inch) Archival Print (Unframed) The owner was kitchenware distributorIn the 19th century, some menu illustrations had a morbid mischievous sense of humor. This 1883 menu cover from the Briggs House Hotel in Chicago shows rabbits, chickens, a duck, a turtle and a frog dancing around a pot, unaware that they would shortly be inside that pot as the ingredients for a Thanksgiving dinner. *Courtesy UNLV Special Collections Each print is accompanied by a copy of the interior menu where available. We make our prints with