Name/Title
Cox banquet menuEntry/Object ID
538.283.2025Scope and Content
Dinner program for a banquet given by Irving Cox on 26 May 1923, occasion unknown. The cover of the program features a sepia image of a two-masted yacht with four sails raised, beneath which the words "Herr Ballin" have been inscribed. A red and white twisted string knotted at the bottom holds the pages together along the spine. Inside the back cover, on the last page, in a handwritten note in ink from Irving Cox to Martin Ballin: “To my friend Herr Ballin, a man of good trust.” Beneath that is something written in pencil, possibly in German. The first page of the brochure features a color image of the American flag, followed by the host's name and dinner date and location in German. The inside page lists the evening's menu. The back cover features a sepia photo of a five-masted ship with ca 15 sails raised. See ObjectID 538.284.2025 for photo of the banquet.