Shleppey, John W., 1901-1975

Season's Greetings dinner napkin

Digital Image

Identifier: 1975-002-6.1-8-5-019

Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives

Season's Greetings dinner napkin, likely 1960-12-24

Item — Box 8, Folder: 5

Identifier: 1975-002-6.1-8-5-019

Scope and Contents

Generic paper napkin with no specific restaurant brandings. Was originally located with the R.V. Princess Mary materials, which date to Christmas 1960. Assumed to part of that grouping.

Color illustrated with a poinsettia and red candle.

Dates: likely 1960-12-24

Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / John W. Shleppey collection, Undated / Sub-Collection 6 - John W. Shleppey artifacts / John W. Shleppey collection of restaurant menus and travel/advertising ephemera

Season's Greetings paper placemat

Digital Image

Identifier: 1975-002-6.1-9-5-016

Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives

Season's Greetings paper placemat, undated

Item — Box 9, Folder: 5

Identifier: 1975-002-6.1-9-5-016

Scope and Contents

Paper placemat with scalloped edges, printed in red and green. Generic image of holly around a candle in a streetlamp with the words "Season's Greetings" printed in script.

Dates: undated

Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / John W. Shleppey collection, Undated / Sub-Collection 6 - John W. Shleppey artifacts / John W. Shleppey collection of restaurant menus and travel/advertising ephemera

Seattle World's Fair Spanish Village Menu

Digital Image

Identifier: 1975-002-6.1.9-1-013

Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives

Southwest Waterways paper placemat

Digital Image

Identifier: 1975-002-6.1-9-2-012

Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives

Southwest Waterways paper placemat, undated

Item — Box 9, Folder: 2

Identifier: 1975-002-6.1-9-2-012

Scope and Contents

Southwest Waterways "Arkansas River Navigation System - Power and Water for Tomorrow's Industry - Vacation Land for the Nation".

Paper placemat. Color illustrated. Features various dams and reservoirs in Northeastern Oklahoma and surrounding states. Copyrighted to the Tulsa Paper Company.

Dates: undated

Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / John W. Shleppey collection, Undated / Sub-Collection 6 - John W. Shleppey artifacts / John W. Shleppey collection of restaurant menus and travel/advertising ephemera

Steve's Gay 90's Restaurant postcard

Digital Image

Identifier: 1975-002-6.1-9-2-019

Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives

Steve's Gay 90's Restaurant postcard, undated

Item — Box 9, Folder: 2

Identifier: 1975-002-6.1-9-2-019

Scope and Contents

The Lovely Can Can Girls at Steve's Gay 90's Restaurant, South Tacoma, Washington.

Photo-illustrated postcard with image of three women dressed in can-can outfits on a stage. Verso is a blank postcard. Describes the restaurant: "While you dine, you'll enjoy entertainment amid the stage settings of old vaudeville. The ad curtain, drapes and chandeliers are from opera houses of the Old West. Fireplaces, furniture and decorations once graced Tacoma's showplace homes of the 80's."

Dates: undated