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The Rio Room Appetizers and Hors d'oeuvres. The Washington Athletic Club, Seattle, Washington.

Cover is illustrated. Menu lists appetizers and a short dinner menu. Interior design is slightly different from the first variation—internal pages and text are larger.

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The Rio Room Appetizers and Hors d'oeuvres. The Washington Athletic Club, Seattle, Washington.

Menu cover is illustrated. Menu lists appetizers and a short dinner menu. This item appears to be an undamaged copy of the second variation, without any aging to the adhesive tape holding the pages inside.

Scope and Contents Robinwood Souvenir Menu. 6600 S. Birmingham. Precise city and state is not listed, but could potentially be Tulsa, Oklahoma. A hand-drawn map indicates major cross streets of South Lewis and 61st, and a Google Maps search does indicate that Birmingham Avenue does cross with 67th Street. However, construction and zoning changes in the Southern Hills area of Tulsa over time means that this part of town is now redeveloped into a gated community, so it is difficult to be sure.Menu is...

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Robinwood Souvenir Menu. Business card sized. See the other Robinwood Souvenir Menu entry for details about location.

Menu lists steak and seafood options, along with tabouli (a Lebanese dish that happens to be popular in Oklahoma).

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Rotisserie Frascati - A Belgian Restaurant. 9501 Wilshire Blvd. Beverly Hills, California. CRestview 5-9702.

Illustrated cover. Menu lists weekly specials, chef's specials for the day. The wine of the day and the evening's pianist are handwritten in red crayon. Recto has a penciled autograph from Lex Barker, the actor famous for portraying Tarzan in film.

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Rose's Highway Inn. 26851 Pacific Highway So. Kent, Washington. Trinity 8277.

Illustrated menu cover. Menu lists steak and chicken dinners. Attachment card advertises seafood dinner. Verso gives address.

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Ruby Chow's menu. Broadway and Jefferson, Seattle 4, Washington. MAin 6707.

Illustrated menu cover. Gold tassle. This menu is formatted to be read from the right-side cover to the left-side cover.

Cocktail list, description of Ruby and her husband, and Chinese dinners listed within.

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R.V. Princess Mary menu. S.S. Princess Mary was removed from active service in 1952 and turned into the R.V. Princess Mary, a floating restaurant in British Columbia.

Menu is illustrated inside and out with nautical themed images. The inside is signed by Gord Stevenson. Menu items include seafood, and an attachment card lists the captain's suggestions.

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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.

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"Princess Mary" Restaurant Vessel paper placemat. The S.S. Princess Mary was removed from active service in 1952 and turned into a floating restaurant in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Illustrated paper placemat shows the ship, includes the poem "A Gallant Lady - The S.S. Princess Mary" by J.B. Ball, and is specifically designed with poinsettia art and the phrase "Seasons Greetings from the Captain and Crew."