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Advertising Letter and Sample Menus for The Wright Diner, 1929

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Artifact Overview

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 Details

Artifact

Letter (Correspondence)

Date Made

1929

Subject Date

1929

Creators

Location

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
Advertising Letter and Sample Menus for The Wright Diner, 1929