[Menu: Elsberry Café]

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Menu for the Elsberry Café, Marshall, Texas. It consists of a cover, glossy black on one side, with gray letters printed on it. The list of offerings of the menu was printed with black ink on cream paper that was glued onto the back of the cover. On the cover, under the title of the menu, is the phrase "Just Good Food" and "Open 24 Hours." The location is given as 407 Pinecrest Drive East, Marshall, Texas. Inside the menu the hosts are identified as Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Elsberry. Categories listed include Mexican Foods, Sandwiches, Desserts, Omelettes, Steaks-Chops, … continued below

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1 pamphlet ; 30 x 44 cm., folded to 30 x 23 cm.

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Elsberry Cafe 195X.

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  • Place of Publication: Marshall, Texas

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Menu for the Elsberry Café, Marshall, Texas. It consists of a cover, glossy black on one side, with gray letters printed on it. The list of offerings of the menu was printed with black ink on cream paper that was glued onto the back of the cover. On the cover, under the title of the menu, is the phrase "Just Good Food" and "Open 24 Hours." The location is given as 407 Pinecrest Drive East, Marshall, Texas. Inside the menu the hosts are identified as Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Elsberry. Categories listed include Mexican Foods, Sandwiches, Desserts, Omelettes, Steaks-Chops, Chicken, Sea Foods, Cold Plates, Cocktails [non-alcoholic ], Salads, and Specialty Italian Foods. Prices range from a slice of pie for 15 cents to an "extra cut sirloin-for two" for $5.00. Frog legs were priced at $2.00.

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1 pamphlet ; 30 x 44 cm., folded to 30 x 23 cm.

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Sims McCutchan Collection

Sims McCutchan’s collection of photographs, ephemera, and postcards provides documentation of many aspects of the history of Marshall, Texas, from the 19th through the mid-20th centuries.

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Elsberry Cafe. [Menu: Elsberry Café], pamphlet, 195X; Marshall, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1550911/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Harrison County Historical Museum.

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