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Elihu Root
(American, 1845 – 1937)
Menu and program: Elihu Root
1906
Place madeLima, Peru, South America
Metal foil, leather, paper, silk moiré
Closed: 4 in. × 2 3/4 in. × 1/8 in. (10.2 × 7 × 0.3 cm)
Gift of Elihu Root, Jr.
1943.128
DescriptionSouvenir menu and program from a banquet given by Elihu Root; brown leather case with a tooled gold border on front and back; gold metal foil plate on the front with the intials "E/R" superimposed over each other; gold foil seal on the reverse; white silk moiré lining with tooled border around on the inside; two paper pages sewn inside the cover; menu printed on the left and the musical program on the right.Markingsstamped: on front foil: "E/R" superimposed
printed: first page: "EL MINISTRO/ DE/ Relaciones Exteriores del Peru/ AL EXMO. SR./ ELIHU ROOT/ Lima, Setiembre 11 de 1906"
printed: second page: "MENU/ Creme des Princes/ Croustades des Gourments/ Supremes de Turbot au Vin du Rhin/ Coeur de Filet a la Jardinere/..."
printed: third page: "PROGRAMA/ I Obertura- "Dame blanche" Boildieu/ II Vals- "La Neige"............... O. METRA/ III Fantasia- "Tosca"............ PUCCINI/ ..."
printed: fourth page: "Imp. Southwell. -Lima."
ClassificationsSOUVENIRS
