"The Avenue Servself" Self-Service Restaurant, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1905
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The Avenue Sevself in Detroit, Michigan, catered to commuters, visitors, tourists, and other people on-the-go. The restaurant promised quick lunches. Patrons selected from a variety of well-cooked dishes conveniently displayed on serving counters.
The Avenue Sevself in Detroit, Michigan, catered to commuters, visitors, tourists, and other people on-the-go. The restaurant promised quick lunches. Patrons selected from a variety of well-cooked dishes conveniently displayed on serving counters.
Artifact
Postcard
Subject Date
circa 1905
Creators
Place of Creation
United States, Michigan, Detroit
Creator Notes
Publshed by A. C. Dietsche, Detroit, Michigan
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
86.9.6.282
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Cardboard
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Photomechanical processes
Printing (Process)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 3.375 in
Width: 5.375 in
Inscriptions
Text on back, in part: "The Avenue Servself 84 Woodward Avenue Detroit is one of Detroit's newest and best patronized of quick lunches. Thousands of people are served in this up-to-date restaurant daily. Tempting well-cooked dishes are displayed on large serving counters from which customers select their food. The Avenue appeals particularly to visitors and tourists, street cars from all depots and steamboat docks passing the door. This restaurant is one of the many high-class quick lunches operated by Messrs. Brennan, Fitzgerald & Sinks."
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