New Cathay, Portland 1940 Childs Buttolph Menus given to the

Buttolph Menus given to the British Museum

In 1859 the Daily Alta reported that "many of the rag-pickers dine at the Miners' Restaurant

was included in the purchase

The New Health Society was founded by Sir William Arbuthnot Lane and espoused Social Darwinist theories – the theory that humans are subject to the same laws of natural selection as Charles Darwin had perceived in plants and animals in nature

New Cathay, Portland 1940 Childs Buttolph Menus given to theTwo friends named CD and Ruby ate at this American and Chinese restaurant in Portland Oregon on December 19th, 1940. They shared Pork Noodle, Almond Chicken Chow Mein, Roast Pork and Almond Cookies. They did not order a single one of the 22 oyster dishes listed herein nor did they indicate trying the dry Chateau Yquem wine for only 15 cents a glass, or the 1928 Haute Sauterne for but $1. 50 a bottle. Courtesy Harley Spiller Collection. Each print is