Pop Ernest, Abalone and Seafood Restaurant Menu
Monterey, CA: Privately Printed, 1943. 6 1/8" x 8 5/8" single sheet. Cream paper with colorful Jo Mora designed illustration with black lettering on front side; menu printed on back side with a design of a Spanish Galleon sailing in rough seas at the top. A fine copy. Item #19336
"Pop" Ernest Doelter was an entrepreneur and restaurateur at the turn of the last century. At a critical period in Monterey history, he came along and turned Abalone into an American delicacy - discovering its many uses and creating an entire industry around the food. He subsequently opened his "Abalone and Seafood Restaurant" and enlisted Jo Mora to create his menus. (Grandeau & Shorts Other Collectibles 1a).
Price: $75.00