Menu Board Used in the Black and Gold Diner, Roslindale, Massachusetts, 1942
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Menu boards provide customers with a diner's food offerings without looking at a paper menu. They also allow diner owners to update meals and prices quickly. Richard "Dick" Gutman, the leading expert on diners, purchased this menu board from the owner of the Black & Gold Diner in Roslindale, Massachusetts. It is now part of his archives at The Henry Ford.
Menu boards provide customers with a diner's food offerings without looking at a paper menu. They also allow diner owners to update meals and prices quickly. Richard "Dick" Gutman, the leading expert on diners, purchased this menu board from the owner of the Black & Gold Diner in Roslindale, Massachusetts. It is now part of his archives at The Henry Ford.
Artifact
Menu
Date Made
1942
Subject Date
1975
Creator Notes
Menu Board made in 1942 showing prices from 1975.
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2019.72.515
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Richard J.S. Gutman Diner Collection.
Material
Chromium
Glass (Material)
Plastic
Textile materials
Wood (Plant material)
Dimensions
Height: 19 in
Width: 60.5 in
Length: 3 in
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