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1. Come to Virgina The Land of Romance, Hospitality, and Beauty by Norfolk and Western railway. - 1931

   The cover of the magizine has its title highlighted in black with the word "Virginia" being bolded with blue outlining. The bottom of the cover shows the author (Norfolk and Western Railway) in light green font as well as their logo in red. On the cover there is also an illustration of a man in colonial era clothing and he is posing while holding a blue feathered hat. There is also a set of quotes as well as other illusrations of a valley, a monu...

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2. "Committee Plans for State Lions Club Convention Next Week"

   One newspaper clipping with a photograph of the Virginia State Lions Club Convention committee.

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3. Hotel Roanoke Brochure

   A Hotel Roanoke brochure advertizing accommodations at "a modern air-conditioned version of an Old English Inn." The brochure is highlighted with photographs of the hotel amenities, showing the lobby, a bedroom, the garage, the beauty parlor, and the barber shop. There is a short description of the various attractions to visit in the Roanoke Valley while staying at the hotel.

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4. Hotel Roanoke Commemorative Menu - 1957

   A commemorative menu celebrating seventy-five years of Hotel Roanoke's service to the community. On the front flap is a short description of the hotel's history beginning in 1882. On the second inside flap there are twenty-four photographs of management and department heads whose combined service to the hotel totalled three hundred eighty years. The menu includes sandwiches, cold specialties, chafing dish specialties, casserole specials, cocktail...

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5. Hotel Roanoke Dogwood Breakfast Menu - circa 1937

   A breakfast menu from the 1940s at Hotel Roanoke dining room. The front of the menu has a picture of a Dogwood branch, the Virginia state flower, along with a description of the legend of the dogwood. The menu offers extensive breakfast choices including set menu selections ranging from $.40 to $.75 as well as an a la carte menu with fruits, cereals, breads, eggs, fish, steaks, potatoes and drinks. The back of the menu shows a color picture of th...

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6. Hotel Roanoke Dogwood Menu - c. 1940s

   Hotel Roanoke A La Carte Menu with the history of the Dogwood on its front cover. Menu includes sea food specialites, cocktails, clams and oysters, soups, steaks and chops, poultry, salads, potatoes, and desserts. The back of the menu has a post 1938 image of the Hotel, and lists George Denison and Kenneth Hyde as the managers.

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7. Invitation for Cocktails - November 23 1948

   Invitation for Cocktails on Saturday, December 4 at the Hotel Roanoke, for Evelyn and Ken Hyde. On the front of the invitation, a rooster with curled tail stands on the edge of a cocktail glass filled with red liquid.

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8. Menu - 1952

   A menu for Hotel Roanoke dating from 1952, commemorating 70 years of hotel service. The list includes choices for soup, main dish, vegetable and dessert, as well as cocktails, chafing dish specials, cold specialties and sandwiches. On the front flap are pictured fifteen employees, listing their total years of service to the hotel. On the back of the menu there is a color photograph of the hotel and picture of a cardinal sitting on a dogwood branc...

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9. Souvenir Program, 1938 - September 16, 1938

   This is a four-page souvenir program and menu created for the formal opening of the new Hotel Roanoke on September 16, 1938. The front of the menu has a picture of the hotel as it was on the day of the opening in 1938. On the last two pages are two photographs of the hotel from the 1880's and 1916, as well as a reproduction of The Roanoke Leader article about the opening of the original Hotel Roanoke. On the first inside page there is a picture o...

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