The Automobile Club of America Annual Banquet

The Automobile Club of America Annual Banquet

Automobile Club of America

Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (New York, N.Y.)--1890-1930

Dinners and dining--History

This Dempsey & Carroll event program and menu is from the Twelfth Annual banquet of the Automobile Club of America. The Automobile Club of America was the precursor to what is known today as "Triple A" or "AAA." Due to the sensitive state of this dinner program, the menu was not able to be scanned.

In attendance were President Howard Taft, German Chancellor Count J.H. von Bernstorff, Col. John Jacob Astor, Hon. Chauncey M. Depew, Mr. Henry Sanderson (President of the Club), among other notable guests.

Due to the "street" that ran between both the Waldorf and Astoria Hotels, known as Astor Place, members of the club were able to drive their vehicles into a secret parking structure keeping them away from the throngs of people crowding the surrounding areas of the hotel.

Erin Allsop, Archivist

Administrative -- Automobile Club of America

December 11, 1911

Access is provided by the Waldorf Astoria Archive

Digital Scan - JPEG

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Paper

English

Dinner Party -- Menu

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Paper -- Dinner Menu

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