Post AScahEMuklrO64z3WS by LinaBasile@mastodon.au
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(DIR) Post #AScQsoAYzKECm75Y92 by clive@saturation.social
2023-02-12T23:40:51Z
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Behold this phenomenal collection of scanned menus from the late 19th and early 20th century: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/the-buttolph-collection-of-menusThe hand-drawn fonts and illustrations are total 🎨 This and more in my weekly "Linkfest" newsletter: https://buttondown.email/clivethompson/archive/linkfest-5-involution-a-340-pound-penguin-and-the/
(DIR) Post #AScR2fd3b149BQ7Qsy by clive@saturation.social
2023-02-12T23:42:38Z
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By the way, the hand-drawn fonts of these old menus tend to flummox automated character-recognition systems ...... so the New York Public Library needs help from volunteers to read and review the transcriptionsYou can pitch in here: https://menus.nypl.org
(DIR) Post #AScVzq96XOJQhdZvo8 by Norobiik@noc.social
2023-02-13T00:37:12Z
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@clive I read this article on the NYPL site about the remarkable though (reputedly) difficult woman who made this incredible collection possible. Very much worth the read 👌https://www.nypl.org/blog/2011/04/28/queen-b-miss-buttolph-and-her-menus
(DIR) Post #AScWwZtQbnmlNgFq0e by clive@saturation.social
2023-02-13T00:47:53Z
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@Norobiik Aha, good find!
(DIR) Post #AScahEMuklrO64z3WS by LinaBasile@mastodon.au
2023-02-13T01:11:47Z
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@Norobiik @clive thanks. Such an interesting story
(DIR) Post #AScahEyqTkCXzijLe4 by clive@saturation.social
2023-02-13T01:30:56Z
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@LinaBasile @Norobiik Truly -- she was quite a character