Chinese New Year's Guards Dining Room

103a. California State Prison, San Quentin, 1932..jpg
103b. California State Prison, San Quentin, 1932..jpg

Creator

San Quentin State Prison

Title

Chinese New Year's Guards Dining Room

Coverage

California

Date

February 7, 1932

Description

The San Quentin Press seemingly enjoyed a golden age in the late 1920s and 1930s when it printed handsome menus for special occasions in the officers’ and guards’ dining room. This charming example comes from a dinner on Chinese New Year. The meal includes chicken chop suey, foo yoon hai (egg foo young), coagulated bean cakes, and lotus cakes (mooncakes).