Mayflower Donuts, Optimist's Creed, Rear Cover, World's Fairs, 1939 1947 This two shillings and sixpence

This two shillings and sixpence (12 1/2 pence in decimal) luncheon menu from October 1906 would have cost the 2010 (only data available) equivalent of  £10

Mayflower donuts were so popular there were constant lines outside the shops with people waiting eagerly for plump

This delightful and elegant cocktail menu was used in the hotel’s original seven bars

50 using the retail price index or £42

As the legendary entertainers went through their repertoire

Mayflower Donuts, Optimist's Creed, Rear Cover, World's Fairs, 1939 1947 This two shillings and sixpenceDoughnuts and coffee are one of the world's great food pairings and this menu is from the famous Mayflower Donuts chain of shops. Established in New York in 1931 by Adolph Levitt, an immigrant from Russia, he shortened the name to donut and developed the first automatic doughnut making machine. Eventually there was a chain of 18 Mayflower Donuts shops across the country. Levitt printed the famous jingle on Mayflower donuts boxes, showing two men