{"product_id":"1903-dinner-menu-for-president-mckinleys-birthday-new-west-baden-springs-hotel","title":"1903 Dinner Menu for President McKinley's Birthday, New West Baden Springs Hotel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew West Baden Springs Hotel, West Baden, Ind. Dinner Menu for President McKinley's Birthday\u003c\/strong\u003e. West Baden, Indiana: West Baden Springs Hotel, 1903. First Edition. [12541]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFour pages on thick stock, cream cord tie with tassel, steel-engraved portrait of McKinley with facsimile signature on front, printed dinner menu within. 8 x 6 inches, light soil and a small ink stroke to the wrappers. Printed in gold on white background. The engraver is Laughead \u0026amp; Co. of Philadelphia.  Good. Pamphlet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe date for the banquet is McKinley's birthday, January 29th.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe hotel had burned down in a fire (June 14, 1901) and recently reopened; McKinley had stayed at this hotel before his assassination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was the first \"National Carnation Day,\" a remembrance of McKinley's custom of wearing a red carnation, which the guests did at this event.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a scarce, high-quality menu made by one of the best engraving firms of the time. It commemorates both President McKinley's birthday and the short period (September 15, 1902-April 16, 1903) before the grand re-opening of the historic New West Baden Springs Hotel.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haaswurth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45590835658818,"sku":"ABE12541","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0191\/6066\/2082\/files\/DSC09288.jpg?v=1792080454","url":"https:\/\/www.haaswurth.com\/products\/1903-dinner-menu-for-president-mckinleys-birthday-new-west-baden-springs-hotel","provider":"Haaswurth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}