Advertising Letter and Sample Menus for The Wright Diner, 1929
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Diners had long appealed to workers by offering quick, simple food at reasonable prices. By the late 1920s, as this letter and sample menus show, diner operators were attempting to broaden their appeal to women and their families by promising such enhanced amenities as comfort, hospitality, beauty in furnishings, and carefully prepared foods.
Diners had long appealed to workers by offering quick, simple food at reasonable prices. By the late 1920s, as this letter and sample menus show, diner operators were attempting to broaden their appeal to women and their families by promising such enhanced amenities as comfort, hospitality, beauty in furnishings, and carefully prepared foods.
Artifact
Letter (Correspondence)
Date Made
1929
Subject Date
1929
Creators
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Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
85.79.4
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Alfred Wroblewski.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Dimensions
Height: 8.428 in
Width: 6.438 in
Inscriptions
Printed on front: Sample Sheets of Actual Daily Special Dinners / Greetings--Dear Neighbor! / You might "walk a mile for a Camel" but would you walk a block for a well-cooked, well-served meal and at reasonable prices?... / LET'S GO TO WRIGHT'S / I'll See You There0 / C. A. Wright / THE WRIGHT DINER / BRIDGE STREET & BROADWAY
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