- Written by
- Chase, Leah, American, 1923 - 2019
- Produced by
- Unidentified
- Date
- ca. 1984
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product) with plastic
- Dimensions
- H x W: 15 1/2 × 7 in. (39.4 × 17.8 cm)
- Description
- A menu from Dooky Chase’s Restaurant in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is a tall, narrow trifold menu formed out of stiff laminated paper. The outside of the first two flaps is a mauve color. The cover flap has a decorative vine and floral border in pink running down the left-hand margin. Projecting out from this border at a ninety degrees angle is an illustrated pink pole with a sign and a lantern hanging from it. The sign has an off-white background with ornate dark red text that reads “DOOKY / CHASE’S.” There is decorative scrollwork attached to the top and bottom of the sign. At the bottom of the page is a rectilinear space designated by a series of curling lines. Within the space is text in dark red that reads “2301 Orleans Avenue / New Orleans, Louisiana.” The middle section of the outside has a mauve background with a large vertically oriented rectangle in the center. The rectangle has an off-white background with dense dark red text about the services the restaurant provides and the history of the restaurant. The last page of the outside of the foldout has a pale green background with dark red text. The text at the top reads “LIQUOR LIST.” On the left-hand side of the text are a pair of happy and sad drama masks in dark red ink. On the right-hand side is an illustration of a beverage glass. The inside of the trifold menu has a pale green background with dark red text. There is a decorative vine and floral border in dark red running down the side margins.
- Place used
- Tremé, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
- Type
- menus
- Topic
- Activism
- American South
- Business
- Communities
- Cooking and dining
- Foodways
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dooky Chase Restaurant Inc. and Chase Family
- Object number
- 2021.96.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Dooky Chase's
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




