Veronica Lake and her Peekaboo Bang

Now available on eBay, my collection of Veronica Lake magazine covers.

1940s Walt Disney Studios Commissary Restaurant Menu

This menu from the Walt Disney Studio's restaurant is the variant that features Mickey ringing the dinner bell with Donald, Goofy and Pluto in the background.  I would guess that this was the standard menu for the studio restaurant during the 1940s.

Inside it mentions 2.5% sales tax, which is smallest tax rater I've ever seen on a studio menu.  Fortunately there  is an OPA ceiling prices statement dated 1943, which means this is during WWII, which coincides with the historical tax rate data I found listing 2.5% as between 1943-1949.

Interestingly, I also have a variant of this that only has the cover illustration; no contents of any kind. Perhaps it was designed for special occasions or to hold temporary menus printed on separate sheets. I've never seen another like it.

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1940s Walt Disney Studios Counter Service Menu

I love this next one, the cover pictures Mickey flippin' eggs behind the counter.  Oddly enough, it is not a breakfast menu.  These 1940s menus are large in size, about 9 x 14 inches.

The back cover is cool too, as it features Donald as a soda jerk, with lots of ice creamy treats.

I recently found a historical list of California sales tax rates, 3% (as is printed on this menu) leads me to believe that this menu dates from as early as 1949, and based on the characters I'm guessing 1940s or 1950s.  How cool is it that you could get a Schlitz at the studio commissary?

I do have another copy of this menu that is slightly later as some of the prices are 5 cents higher, and some of the individual items have changed.

Oddly, some of the items on the fountain menu on the back have been blacked out - guess they ran out!

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