[Menu: Le Chevalier du Guet, October 26, 1957] (open access)

[Menu: Le Chevalier du Guet, October 26, 1957]

Menu for The Zodiac Room at Neiman-Marcus. The menu was partially written in French, and includes sections such as wines, appetizers, luncheon entrees, beverages, salads and sandwiches, and zodiac desserts. This menu also includes special sections such as pot luck with n-m, the zodiac slim waist luncheon, and n-m men's luncheon. The menu includes an illustration of a Frenchman holding an apple while riding a horse on the front cover and a song entitled "Le Chevalier du Guet" on the back cover.
Date: October 26, 1957
Creator: Neiman-Marcus
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Menu: Sur Le Pont D'avignon, October 24, 1957] (open access)

[Menu: Sur Le Pont D'avignon, October 24, 1957]

Menu for The Zodiac Room at Neiman-Marcus. The menu was written partially in French, and includes sections such as hors d'oeuvres, entrees, appetizers, wines, and beverages. Includes an illustration of French civilians on a bridge on the front cover and a song entitled "Sur Le Pont D'avignon" on the back cover.
Date: October 24, 1957
Creator: Neiman-Marcus
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Menu: Ah! Vous Dirais-je Maman, October 22, 1957] (open access)

[Menu: Ah! Vous Dirais-je Maman, October 22, 1957]

Menu for The Zodiac Room at Neiman-Marcus. The menu was written partially in French, and includes sections such as wines, appetizers, luncheon entrees, beverages, salads and sandwiches, and zodiac desserts. This menu also includes special sections such as potluck with n-m, the zodiac slim waist luncheon, and n-m men's luncheon. The menu includes an illustration of a French woman sitting with a child standing before her with a cat and a dog on the front cover and a song entitled "Ah! Vous Dirais-je Maman" on the back cover.
Date: October 22, 1957
Creator: Neiman-Marcus
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Menu: Neiman-Marcus Christmas, 1957] (open access)

[Menu: Neiman-Marcus Christmas, 1957]

Menu for The Zodiac Room's Christmas. This menu includes appetizers, luncheon entrees, salads and sandwiches and beverages. It also includes special titles such as potluck with n-m, the zodiac slim waist luncheon, n-m's men luncheon. The menu has an illustration of an angel playing a flute on the front cover, and three angels on the back cover.
Date: 1957
Creator: Neiman-Marcus
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trademark Certificate: Helen Corbitt's (open access)

Trademark Certificate: Helen Corbitt's

Certificate registering a trade-mark for "Helen Corbitt's" written in stylized text, in force from 1951-1971. It includes the official certificate and the application text explaining how the mark has been used.
Date: May 29, 1951
Creator: Corbitt, Helen
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Helen Corbitt receiving award]

Photograph of Helen Corbitt receiving an award. Three unknown men are also pictured, all are pictured from the knee up. The three men are wearing similar dark-colored suits, Corbitt is wearing a light-colored dress with a crossing pattern. A table with a white cloth and a seal with the words "Chaine des Rotisseurs" are visible in the background. Stamped text on the back of the photograph: "Drucker - Hilbert Co., Inc., Photographers, 105 West 45th Street, New York 36, N.Y., BR 9-4472-3."
Date: 1950~
Creator: Drucker - Hilbert Co., Inc.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from Stanley Marcus to Helen Corbitt, February 1949] (open access)

[Telegram from Stanley Marcus to Helen Corbitt, February 1949]

Telegram sent from Stanley Marcus with a job offer for Helen Corbitt to run the tearoom operations for two Neiman Marcus locations in Dallas.
Date: February 1949
Creator: Marcus, Stanley, 1905-2002
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from H. W. Underwood to Chief of Naval Personnel, December 8, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from H. W. Underwood to Chief of Naval Personnel, December 8, 1943]

Letter from H. W. Underwood recommending Helen Corbitt for a position in the Navy based on her work in the Women's Reserve and at the Home Economics Tea House at the University of Texas.
Date: December 8, 1943
Creator: Underwood, Herbert Whitwell
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Menu: Joske's of Houston Children's Menu] (open access)

[Menu: Joske's of Houston Children's Menu]

Menu for children at Joske's of Houston. This menu includes sections such as luncheons, animal rolls, sandwiches, desserts, and beverages. The menu also includes a poem about a gingham dog and a calico cat, with illustrations of both animals on the front and back cover.
Date: 1940~
Creator: Joske's of Houston
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Helen Corbitt in swimsuit]

Photograph of a young Helen Corbitt wearing a swimsuit sitting on rocks. The ocean can be seen breaking against the rocks behind her. Handwritten text on the back of the photograph: "1930."
Date: 1930
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Helen Corbitt and brother as children]

Photograph of Helen Corbitt as a child (right) with her brother, Michael Henry Corbitt (left). Helen is seen in a light-colored dress, hair bow, and dark colored shoes. Michael can also be seen in light-colored clothes, and dark shoes, sitting on a small woven table. The two are standing on a patterned carpet, with a plain background.
Date: 1908~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History