Menu 30th Annual Dinner of the Polytechnic Alumni Association
Published by Brooklyn, NY, 1892
- Used
Seller: Eclectibles, ABAA, Tolland, CT, U.S.A.Eclectibles, ABAA
AbeBooks seller since March 29, 2012
Condition: Used
£ 155.95
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A menu from the 30th Annual Dinner of the Polytechnic Alumni Association of the Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute. The menu itself is rather humorous, with each dish containing scientific names and chemical formulas for the attendees to decipher in order to known what they were having. For example the first item on the menu is "Mollusca. Class, Lamellibranchiata, Genus Ostrae (Semitesta)" or in other words Oysters, or under Punch it states: C12 H22 O11 + H2O + C6 H12 O6 + 2 C2 H6O, which roughly translates to: Sucrose + Water + Fructose + Ethanol. On the left margin are some scientific drawings such as charts and beakers. At the top of the menu is an illustration of a professor lecturing on top of a small stage with chalk boards in the background. The menu itself is two sheets, laid on top of one another, and attached by two red sun burst shape stickers at the top. The secondary page is blank and serves as an envelope for the menu. On the back of the secondary page is written, " Norman R. Haskell, Gastronomy, Feby 26, 1892, Prof Mansi." Measures 14" x / 1/4" (unfolded),8 1/4" x 3 1/2" (folded). The Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute was founded in 1853 by a group of Brooklyn business men and was both a preparatory and collegiate program. These two programs would later separate into the Polytechnic Preparatory Country Day School (also known as Poly Prep), which is still active today and the Polytech Institute of Brooklyn, whichin in 2004, would merge with New York University to become the Polytechnic Institute of New York University. Minor toning due to age. A portion of the back as glue residue from where it was most likely attached to a scrap book a one point.…
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- Title
- Menu 30th Annual Dinner of the Polytechnic Alumni Association
- Author
- Polytechnic Alumni Association
- Publisher
- Brooklyn, NY
- Publication year
- 1892
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- Cultural History, Social History
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