https://valleyrelicsmuseum.org/archives/files/original/277d22151933343417c172966ca17c3d.jpg fd457f0fa9eb345ecad1f7356baa67d2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context VR/GM Title A name given to the resource Gorsky Menu Collection Description An account of the resource The Gorsky Menu Collection consists of 82 original menus from various restaurants in the San Fernando Valley, as well as some duplicate menus.<br /><br /> The menus are an important part of San Fernando Valley history, documenting the prices and sometimes the locations of restaurants that have long since disappeared. They take us back to a time when filet mignon cost $1.25, with mashed potatoes, veggies, and a drink for another 25 cents. They also provide an emotional reaction. People seeing them will remember going out to eat with their families, sitting at the same tables every time, celebrating graduations or bar mitzvahs, or just hanging out after school. They’ll remember which restaurants their parents always went to, or picking out their favorite thing to eat as a kid.<br /><br /><div class="element"> <div class="element-text">Alison Turtledove initially processed and researched the collection in 2015. Sarah Glover compiled and updated the finding aid in 2016.<br /><br />Related links:<br /><strong><a href="https://valleyrelicsmuseum.org/donations-received/vintage-menus-join-valley-relics-collection/" target="_blank">Vintage Menus Join Valley Relics Collection</a></strong></div> </div> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Approx. 1950s-early 2000s Language A language of the resource English Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource The menus were collected by Mr. Alan Gorsky, who grew up in the San Fernando Valley and for years made his living buying, selling, and trading menus. He acquired the menus over a number of years and donated them to the Valley Relics Museum in 2015 after hearing about the museum through a television news story. Subject The topic of the resource Menus, Restaurants Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Menu Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context VR/GM/55 Title A name given to the resource Menu from Page’s Family Restaurant, Burbank, CA. Description An account of the resource Menu from Page’s Family Restaurant, a family restaurant located at Buena Vista Blvd., Burbank. Other Valley locations may have existed. A photograph of the Page’s location on Buena Vista Blvd. from December, 1969 is archived on the <strong><a href="http://wesclark.com/burbank/pages_1969.jpg" target="_blank">Burbankia website</a></strong>. Other Valley locations listed in the Valley News green sheet in the 1960s and early 1970s were the intersection of Victory Blvd. and Chandler Blvd., Burbank; and 20929 Ventura Blvd., Woodland Hills (see <strong><a href="https://valleyrelicsmuseum.org/archives/items/show/549">VR/GM/61</a></strong>). It is unproven whether these locations were from the same coffee shop chain, or just restaurants with similar names. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Late 1960s-1970s Language A language of the resource English Burbank restaurants San Fernando Valley