[Menu: Gables Café, Marshall, Texas

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Menu for the Gables Café in Marshall, Texas. It consists of one sheet of textured gray paper folded in half. The type is printed in green ink. The cover includes the name, its location, "Highways 43 and 59, South," that it was adjacent to the Burnett, Henderson, and Bel-Air Motels, that it provided room service to those motels at no additional cost, and that it was open from 5:00 a.m. to 12:00 midnight. On the interior, in addition to providing food items and prices, it identifies "your hosts" as Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Elsberry. It also promises "organ melodies … continued below

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1 pamphlet ; 33 x 51 cm., folded to 33 x 25 cm.

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Gables Café 195X.

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  • Place of Publication: Marshall, Texas

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The Harrison County Historical Museum’s Inez Hatley Hughes Historical Research Center provides opportunities to explore the past of Harrison County and Texas through its archive and artifact collections. As a county history preservation and research center, it collects, preserves, and makes available photographs, documents, books, and artifacts related to the history of Harrison County, its county seat Marshall, and Texas.

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Menu for the Gables Café in Marshall, Texas. It consists of one sheet of textured gray paper folded in half. The type is printed in green ink. The cover includes the name, its location, "Highways 43 and 59, South," that it was adjacent to the Burnett, Henderson, and Bel-Air Motels, that it provided room service to those motels at no additional cost, and that it was open from 5:00 a.m. to 12:00 midnight. On the interior, in addition to providing food items and prices, it identifies "your hosts" as Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Elsberry. It also promises "organ melodies on the Hammond organ, 6:00 to 8:00 P.M." Prices range from 15 cents for a piece of pie to $4.00 for K. C. Sirloin for two. The menu is worn, with some bends, tears, and staining.

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1 pamphlet ; 33 x 51 cm., folded to 33 x 25 cm.

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Marshall, Texas Collection of Sim McCutchan

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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Gables Café. [Menu: Gables Café, Marshall, Texas, pamphlet, 195X; Marshall, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1550922/: accessed July 11, 2026), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Harrison County Historical Museum.

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