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Menu, "The Toll House Inn," circa 1950

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Artifact Overview

At the Toll House Inn, Ruth Wakefield served home-cooked meals for tourists and local customers. This menu includes lunch and dinner meal selections, mention of the inn's gift shop, and a pitch for the restaurant as a venue for business meetings or social events. Ruth "invented" the chocolate chip cookie at the Toll House Inn in the late 1930s.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Menu

Date Made

circa 1950

Subject Date

circa 1950

Creators

Place of Creation

Collection Title

Research Center Collection on the Toll House Cookie

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2020.87.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Jeanine Head Miller.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Printing (Process)

Color

Red
Pink (Color)
Green

Dimensions

Height: 11 in
Width: 8.25 in

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