St Francis Hotel, San Francisco 1919 William Penn We discovered that the twelve-hour

We discovered that the twelve-hour clock was in common use in this era

healthy-looking oldster was making a deal for his battered suitcase

businessman and farm and rail laborers striding together

Joseph Guttman

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St Francis Hotel, San Francisco 1919 William Penn We discovered that the twelve-hourThis menu comes from the honoree banquet given for Baron Shimpei Goto, the Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs, by T. Ohta, General Consul for Japan. Chef Victor Hirtzler reproduced this bill of fare in The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book, published in 1919, which continues to be highly prized book among collectors. Hirtzler trained in Paris and was a food taster and cook for Czar Nicholas II and was also chef de cuisine for Carlos I of Portugal. He was