Printed Buena Vista Spring Hotel Menu on Lg Watercolor decorated Paper Hand Fan 1894, Asian Motif - Chrysthanthemums

Blue Ridge Mountains, 1894. Minimal Wear. An 8 bamboo blade paper covered fane with a watercolor Asian inspired chrysthanthemum motif. On the left 1/3 of one side of the fan is an applied menu for the Buena Vista Spring Hotel, Franklin Co., PA. It is for Dinner on Sunday, August 5, 1894. Fare includes leg of mutton with piquant sauce, Filet of Boeuf a l'Italienne, Breast of Veal with tomato stuffing, Cymlings (pattypan squash), California Fruit Pie and much more. Measures 24" x 13 1/2" when open. The Buena Vista Spring Hotel was an elegant resort hotel of it's day. It was located 70 miles from Baltimore, elevated 1500 ft above sea level and overlooks the Cumberland Valley on one side and the Historic Battlefields of Gettysburg on the other. An 1891 advertisment promotes the hotel as "A dry atmosphere, pure water, perfect sanative. All modern improvements, Elevators, etc. (Inventory #: 01240079)