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Menu from the Busy Bee Café Gunnedah

1939

National Museum of Australia

National Museum of Australia
Canberra, Australia

A green cardboard menu cover, printed in black on one sheet of cardboard, folded in the centre. The front cover features an illustration in the top left corner including a bee and the text 'BUSY BEE CAFE / GUNNEDAH'. It also features the text 'MENU', and 'TELEPHONE. 221'. Text on the internal pages are titled 'SERVICE' and 'Other Information in Brief.' which details information relating to Gunnedah and the surrounding region.

There is also a paper menu insert, printed in black on both sides of one sheet of cream-coloured paper, folded in the centre. The front cover features a list of products including 'FRUIT', and 'CONFECTIONARY'. The body of the menu is printed on the internal pages, which are titled 'LUNCHEON' and 'SODA FOUNTAIN'. The back cover contains tourist information titled 'Know Gunnedah! / The Most Progressive Town of the North West'.

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  • Title: Menu from the Busy Bee Café Gunnedah
  • Date: 1939
  • Location: Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia
  • Material: Paper, Cardboard, Ink
  • Dimensions: W 139mm x H 200mm x D 1mm, W 135mm x H 192mm x D 1mm
  • Collection: Busy Bee Cafe collection National Museum of Australia
National Museum of Australia

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