Christmas dinner menu at the Wright House

Source: http://digital.library.unlv.edu.Henry J. Bohn Collection at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas University Libraries. License: All Rights Reserved.

Typical "artistic printing" of the late 19th century.

The sans serif is surprisingly similar to Akzidenz-Grotesk and its forebears, which didn't arrive until at least 15 years later, and close to News Gothic which was born in 1908. Perhaps it is a face shown asGothic No. 4in an Marr Sans, derived from Scottish type of the 1870s.

The near-geometric "1883" may be lettered by hand, but none of the other type is, and it fits the ranging numerals of Gothic No. 4 and its cousins.

Source: http://digital.library.unlv.edu.Henry J. Bohn Collection at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas University Libraries. License: All Rights Reserved.

Henry J. Bohn Collection at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas University Libraries. License: All Rights Reserved.

Cover detail.