Exchange Buffet blotter
date: label: date made
content: 1905-1921
name: label: maker
content: Whitehead & Hoag Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This blotter pad with a celluloid cover advertises the Exchange Buffet, a restaurant that opened its doors in 1885 at 7 New Street in Manhattan. It was a men-only establishment. There were no tables, so diners stood to eat. It was also the first self-service restaurant, a forerunner to the modern cafeteria. By 1921 Exchange Buffets operated in 34 locations. The company was still in business in 1957.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Newark
topic: label: Subject
content: Restaurants
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
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content: Celluloid
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content: Advertising
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0098.1409
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.1409
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
objectType: label: Object Name
content: blotter
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cellulose nitrate (cover material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (pad material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7.8 cm x 20 cm x .5 cm; 3 1/16 in x 7 7/8 in x 3/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/4 in x 7 3/4 in x 3 1/8 in; .635 cm x 19.685 cm x 7.9375 cm