Menu for AGIP restaurant in Rome
date: label: Date
content: 1960
name: label: Distributed by
content: Azienda Generale Italiana Petroli, Italian, founded 1926
label: Owned by
content: Dick Howard, American, 1935 - 1967
notes: label: Description
content: A quarter folded menu from a restaurant run by Italian petrol company, AGIP (Azienda Generale Italiana Petroli—General Italian Oil Company). The front of the menu features stylized black and white illustrations of restaurant staff engaged in various activities. At the top right corner is the restaurant name in large block letters [AGIP]. The figures include a chef stirring a pot, a sommelier with a wine bottle and glass, three (3) waiters, two of which hold trays of drinks. The third waiter is seen with a dessert cart. The menu is divided into two main sections: Fixed Price and À La Carte. The À La Carte menu is further divided into Hors D'oeuvres & Specialties, Soups & Pasta, Meat Dishes, Vegetables, Eggs & Cold Dishes, Cheese, Desserts & Fruits, and Wines & Mineral Water. The text is written in English, Italian, German, and French translations and is illustrated with several further cartoon chefs. One of the interior pages is dedicated to encouraging customers to give feedback as well as the address of the restaurant and an illustration of the AGIP logo, a six legged dog.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Via Del Tritone, 181, Rome, Roma, Italy, Europe
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Cooking and dining
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Howard Family
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.140.6.6
objectType: label: Type
content: menus
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Closed): 10 3/16 x 4 in. (25.9 x 10.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Open): 10 3/16 x 15 5/8 in. (25.9 x 39.7 cm)