Shleppey, John W., 1901-1975
Person
biographical statement
Tulsa area businessman and collector who owned and operated Shleppey Outdoor Advertising. Later he owned a bookstore in Seattle. He was a lifelong acquirer of things, beginning when he was a child before 1920. His extensive collection of books, artifacts, and papers was bequeathed to the University of Tulsa by the Shleppey family following his death in September 1975.
Found in 292 Collections and/or Records:
Bush Garden souvenir menu [earlier variant], undated
Item — Box 6, Folder: 2
Identifier: 1975-002-6.1-6-2-031
Bush Garden souvenir menu [later variant], undated
Item — Box 6, Folder: 2
Identifier: 1975-002-6.1-6-2-032
Camelot menu, undated
Item — Box 10
Identifier: 1975-002-6.1-10-015
Scope and Contents
Camelot menu. Pier 67, Seattle, Washington.
Menu lists steak dinners and seafood specialties, along with wines, cocktails, appetizers, and other items.
Dates:
undated
Chasen's menu, 1956-11-18
Item — Box 6, Folder: 3
Identifier: 1975-002-6.1-6-3-004
Childs's menu, undated
Item — Box 6, Folder: 3
Identifier: 1975-002-6.1-6-3-006
Clark's Better Restaurants children's menu, undated
Item — Box 6, Folder: 3
Identifier: 1975-002-6.1-6-3-008
Clark's Crabapple Charcoal Broiler menu, undated
Item — Box 6, Folder: 3
Identifier: 1975-002-6.1-6-3-009
Clark's Plaza Room menu
Item — Box 6, Folder: 3
Identifier: 1975-002-6.1-6-3-010
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1918-1960s
Clark's Restaurants menu, undated
Item — Box 6, Folder: 3
Identifier: 1975-002-6.1-6-3-011
College Inn Porterhouse, 1950
Item — Box 10
Identifier: 1975-002-6.1-10-020
Scope and Contents
College Inn Porterhouse. In the Hotel Sherman. Chicago, Illinois. Inspired by Ernest Byfield.
Illustrated menu cover. Menu lists various steak and country-style menu items.
Dates:
1950
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Restaurants 291
- Menu design -- United States -- History -- 20th century 268
- Menu design. 268
- Restaurants -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Menu 118
- Souvenirs (Keepsakes) -- United States 26
- Souvenirs (Keepsakes). 24
- Restaurants -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa -- Menu 20
- Restaurants -- California -- Los Angeles 18
- Restaurants -- Oklahoma 18
- Restaurants -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Menu 13
- Restaurants -- California -- San Francisco -- Menu 10
- Hotels Advertising. 7
- Hotels. 7
- Restaurants -- New York -- Menu 7
- Restaurants -- Texas -- Dallas -- Menu 7
- Restaurants -- Canada -- Vancouver -- Menu 6
- Restaurants -- Florida -- Miami Beach -- Menu 6
- Restaurants -- Missouri -- Kansas City -- Menu 6
- Restaurants -- Oregon -- Portland -- Menu 6
- Restaurants -- Texas -- Houston -- Menu 6
- Hotels -- History. 3
- Restaurants -- Missouri -- St. Louis -- Menu 3
- Restaurants -- Washington (State) -- Bellevue -- Menu 3
- Space Needle (Seattle, Wash.) 3
- Space Needle Restaurant 3
- Comic books, strips, etc. 2
- Comic books, strips, etc. -- United States 2
- Restaurants -- Cuba -- Havana -- Menu 2
- Restaurants -- Hawaii -- Menu 2
- Restaurants -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Menu 2
- Restaurants -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Menu 2
- Restaurants -- United States -- Purchasing 2
- United States. Army -- Officers. 2
- Aeronautics 1
- Grand Canyon (Ariz.). 1
- Restaurants -- Alaska -- Menu 1
- Restaurants -- Kansas -- Wichita -- Menus. 1
- Restaurants -- Michigan -- Detroit -- Menus 1
- Restaurants -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Menu 1
- Restaurants -- Washington, D.C. -- Menus. 1
- Seattle World's Fair (1962). 1
- United States -- Maps. 1 + ∧ less
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