{"product_id":"the-blackstone-chicago-1916","title":"The Blackstone, Chicago 1916","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eWomen were protesting for the right to vote on the streets of Chicago when this 1916 menu was offered to patrons of the restaurant in the Blackstone Hotel, a Windy City landmark.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eDuring this era in the United States, hotel restaurants were considered fashionable and exclusive places for the wealthy and powerful to eat and were often designed, as writer Theodore Dreiser noted dryly, with many “fake European touches.”\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAs you can see from the enormous food offering, every taste was catered for.  There was Russian caviar, prime ribs of beef and even two types of oranges to choose from. A customer could request oranges from either California or Florida, sliced and fanned out into flower shapes on the plate.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIllustrated menus were still quite unusual in the early 20th century so this single page menu with the golden crest of the hotel embossed on the top left hand side was typical of the time.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe menu, which has a variety of different fonts, would have been printed locally.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"under_image\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCourtesy The Culinary Institute of America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGallery quality Giclée print on natural white, matte, 100% cotton rag, acid and lignin free archival paper using Epson archival inks. Custom printed with border for matting and framing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAll printed in USA.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CIA","offers":[{"title":"8.5x11\" Archival Print (Unframed) $25.00","offer_id":57491636519078,"sku":"www1790050973815","price":15.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"11x14 Archival Print (Unframed) $30.00","offer_id":57491636551846,"sku":"tfa1790050973816","price":21.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"13x19 Archival Print (Unframed) $40.00","offer_id":57491636584614,"sku":"afo1790050973817","price":25.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"16x20 Archival Print (Unframed) $55.00","offer_id":57491636617382,"sku":"alg1790050973818","price":35.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"20x24 Archival Print (Unframed) $85.00","offer_id":57491636650150,"sku":"zmw1790050973819","price":68.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"24x36 Archival Print (Unframed) $135.00","offer_id":57491636682918,"sku":"azh1790050973820","price":98.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/9133\/8662\/files\/the-blackstone-chicago-1916_1.webp?v=1790050977","url":"https:\/\/coffeetamper.shop\/products\/the-blackstone-chicago-1916","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}