Title: Two rare ephemeral items from the start and end of the famed Monterey resort, Hotel Del Monte Author: Place: Publisher: Date: 1886-1936 Description: (Leaflet) CELEBRATION / At the Hotel Del Monte! /…July 5, 1886… 1pg. 5.5 x 8.5” (Cal.Fireworks Co., J.M.Phillips) (Menu) New Year’s Eve / Dec. 31, 1936 / Hotel Del Monte, Del Monte, California. 1pg. 4 x 7”, Art Deco pink graphic, with drawing of partially-nude woman and background of large bubbles One of the most lavish resorts in late 19th century America, the Hotel Del Monte was opened by railroad magnate Charles Crocker in 1880, six years before the Fourth of July fireworks display recorded in the first item. Six years after the New Year’s celebration of the second item, when the US entered World War II, the Navy requisitioned and later purchased the property, soon to house the Naval Postgraduate School. The fireworks display of 1886, included 21 listed “illuminations”, from the “Large Union Bombshells” fired “from our largest cooper mortars to an altitude of 1,000 feet”, to the display of the scales and sword of “Justice” in “brilliant colored lance work”. The New Year’s celebration of 1936 featured entrees of Rainbow Troute Saute au Beurre and Roast Stuffed Squab Chicken followed by a dessert of Frozen Eggnog Pastry. Lot Amendments Condition: Very good Item number: 247904
Title: Two rare ephemeral items from the start and end of the famed Monterey resort, Hotel Del Monte Author: Place: Publisher: Date: 1886-1936 Description: (Leaflet) CELEBRATION / At the Hotel Del Monte! /…July 5, 1886… 1pg. 5.5 x 8.5” (Cal.Fireworks Co., J.M.Phillips) (Menu) New Year’s Eve / Dec. 31, 1936 / Hotel Del Monte, Del Monte, California. 1pg. 4 x 7”, Art Deco pink graphic, with drawing of partially-nude woman and background of large bubbles One of the most lavish resorts in late 19th century America, the Hotel Del Monte was opened by railroad magnate Charles Crocker in 1880, six years before the Fourth of July fireworks display recorded in the first item. Six years after the New Year’s celebration of the second item, when the US entered World War II, the Navy requisitioned and later purchased the property, soon to house the Naval Postgraduate School. The fireworks display of 1886, included 21 listed “illuminations”, from the “Large Union Bombshells” fired “from our largest cooper mortars to an altitude of 1,000 feet”, to the display of the scales and sword of “Justice” in “brilliant colored lance work”. The New Year’s celebration of 1936 featured entrees of Rainbow Troute Saute au Beurre and Roast Stuffed Squab Chicken followed by a dessert of Frozen Eggnog Pastry. Lot Amendments Condition: Very good Item number: 247904
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