This 1948 breakfast menu pictures a farmer’s field in Colorado. The back of the menu explains that “The central field of alfalfa is bordered in the foreground by one of oats, and to the left by a field of rye.” The menu goes on to say that Colorado’s farms produced twice the annual value of the state’s more-famous mines, supported by more acres under irrigation than any other state except California.
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The menu offered a wide range of entrées: ham or bacon with eggs; calf’s liver with bacon; sausage with griddle cakes; shredded ham with scrambled eggs; omelette; eggs; French toast; and buckwheat, corn, or wheat cakes. All of these come with fruit, juice, or cereal; muffins or toast; and a beverage at price ranging from $1.00 to $1.50 ($10.50 to $15.75 in today’s money) depending on the entrée. Naturally, the a la carte menu included Colorado mountain trout for $1.25.