"MAGENTA DINNER, APRIL 30th, 1875, OBER'S"; [Menu card for Harvard University's "Magenta" newspaper's 2nd (and last) "Annual Dinner of the Editors"].

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Boston, 1875.

"The Magenta" (1873 – 1875) was the short-lived precursor to "The Harvard Crimson." 4.5 x 6" card folded in manor of place-seating card -- one side with colored illustration pasted on of couple (woman leading a baboon on a leash and man with swordfish slung across his back and sarcophagus tucked under his arm) being greeted at the door by a startled cook or house maid; the other side with text identifying the occasion in an intricate magenta-colored script. Card opens to a menu elaborately bordered and titled in silver and gold with menu items printed in magenta. Minor staining on outside, partial coffee (?) ring inside, otherwise very good. "Shortly after midnight 'Auld Lang Syne' was sung, and the company proceeded to wend their way towards the Square" (Magenta, May 7, 1875 issue).

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