Woodmen of the World from the Inland Empire region converged en masse on Walla Walla May 1st 1903 for initiation ceremonies in the Opera House followed by a banquet for 500 in the Odd Fellows Temple. Photos of the menu printed on a wooden shingle courtesy of Mike & Peggy Needham. Clippings from Walla Walla Union newspaper courtesy of the Whitman College Archives.

 

Thanksgiving Dinner Menu for 1943 at the Army Air Base Station Hospital and a personnel roster. Courtesy of Trula McFarley.

Cigarettes on menu

 

Thanksgiving dinner menus at several restaurants, and a show at the Liberty Theatre with Olga and her Leopards.

Antlers Cafe, 1930

Book Nook, 1915

Lincoln Grocery, 1916

Keyes, 1929

Marcus Whitman, 1930

Cottage Bakery, 1963

Rogers Cabin, 1944

Crystal, 1930

Gardners grocery, 1931

Royal Motor Inn, 1972

Jensen Tea Room, 1932

Greenway Inn, 1927

1930

New China Cafe, 1942

Villa Cafe, 1944

Whitman Hotel, 1934

1933

1928

Olga and her leopards at the Liberty

Three restaurant menus and the program from the Second Annual Revue staged by the Penitentiary inmates of 1934. Thanks to Mary Lieberman Phillips for sharing these treasures.

Mitchell's Bar-B-Q located at 2nd & Main became the Corner Cafe

 

El Rancho

Green Lantern used generic fill-in menu forms in May 1936

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Oasis Restaurant and its 72 ounce steak eating challenge on January 14, 1964. Contestant unknown. File photos courtesy of the Union-Bulletin. Thanks to Charlene Selby-Jasper for sharing the menu.



Melvin Franklin, cook



Ed Selby, owner, standing on left, Melvin Franklin on right