Menu folder from the March 30, 1891 Penobscot Club Banquet
Descriptive Object
Identifier:
OBJ.N.2022.3
Description
An embossed and tied folder, which contained the menu for a reception held by the Penobscot Club, a social club, for the new Mayor and City Council of Old Town, ME on March 30, 1891. An article in the April 4, 1891 edition of the "Old Town Enterprise" wrote that, "the preparations for this occasion resulted in a decided improvement in banquets as they are usually served in this vicinity." It continued, "The menu was printed in the form of a handsome folder with insert, the title page being handsomely decorated with a bouquet of flowers, and bearing the words, 'Complimentary: Penobscot Club to Old Town City Government, Cousins' Hotel, Monday, March 30, 1891," which exactly describes the item in Old Town Museum's collection. According to "Old Town Enterprise," forty-three people attended the banquet and were provided copies of the menu as a souvenier. This folder contains a single page on which Shakespeare is quoted, "Please ye, we may contrive...And do as adversaries do at law,-- strive mightily but eat and drink as friends."