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2023 Calendar

¡Buen Provecho!

C.L. Sonnichsen Special Collections Department The University of Texas at El Paso Library

Paso del Norte Coffee Shop, Stout-Feldman Studio photograph collection, PH074 This 1930 image by El Paso photographer Samuel Stout shows the Paso del Norte Coffee Shop located at 111 S. El Paso Street. The shop was built by H.T. Ponsford and Sons.

Sunday New Year’s Day

Lunar New Year

January 2023

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Martin Luther King Jr. 16 Day

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Día de los Reyes Magos (Epiphany)

The University of Texas at El Paso Library

A Cook Book: That Will Help You to Live Better and Spend Less, Patricia Haesly Worthington cookbook collection Created by the El Paso Dairy Company in 1921, this cookbook includes suggested menus for luncheons and dinners as well as individual recipes. The cookbook was donated to Special Collections by Patricia (Pat) and Richard Worthington. Pat Worthington is a historian and former curator at the El Paso County Historical Society. The Patricia Haesly Worthington cookbook collection contains over 500 local and regional cookbooks.

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February 2023

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Presidents’ Day

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Groundhog Day Día de la Candelaria

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Valentine’s Day

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Mardi Gras

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Ash Wednesday

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C. L. Sonnichsen Special Collections Department

The University of Texas at El Paso Library

The Popular Department Store, The Popular Dry Goods Company records, MS317 This 1917 image shows El Paso architect Henry Trost sharing a toast with Maurice and Adolf Schwartz, owners of The Popular Department Store, at the opening of the store’s new building. Trost designed the structure, which replaced the old Masonic building on the corner of Mesa and San Antonio. The Popular was the largest locally-owned retail enterprise in El Paso until its closure in September 1995 and was known for its “New York-style” wares and fashions.

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Daylight Savings Time Begins

March 2023

Purim Begins at Sundown

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Vernal Equinox

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30 César Chávez Day

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Day

C. L. Sonnichsen Special Collections Department

Ramadan Begins at Sundown

St. Patrick’s Day

The University of Texas at El Paso Library

Cooking skit in clubhouse auditorium, circa 1950s, Woman’s Club of El Paso records, MS576 With its own kitchen and large gathering spaces, the Woman’s Club building became an important venue for luncheons and other celebrations. The building was designed by El Paso architect Otto Thorman and was completed in 1916. Cooking and cookery has long-figured in the Club’s history.

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April 2023

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Palm Sunday

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Easter Sunday

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Passover Begins at Sundown

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Passover Ends at Sundown

Good Friday

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Ramadan Ends at Sundown

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Eid Al-Fitr Begins at sundown

National Library Week Begins

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C. L. Sonnichsen Special Collections Department

The University of Texas at El Paso Library

“A Wide Variety of Delicious Mexican Foods,” Mexican Menu Magic with Ashley’s, circa 1950, Eugene Michael menu collection, MS499 Eugene Francis Michael (August 15, 1930 – May 13, 2013) was an El Paso restaurant owner who collected hundreds of local and regional menus. Ashley’s Fine Mexican Foods was an El Paso food company founded in 1931 by George N. Ashley. The company sold canned tortillas, enchilada sauce, beans, and other popular items.

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Mothers’ Day

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Memorial Day

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Día de la Madre

Cinco de Mayo

The University of Texas at El Paso Library

Front over of the El Paso Herald, October 16, 1909

Menu, October 16, 1909, Kohlberg family papers, MS369

Ernst and Olga Kohlberg were members of a pioneer Jewish family in El Paso. Ernst Kohlberg co-founded the International Cigar Factory and served on the Invitation Committee during the historic 1909 meeting between Mexican President Porfirio Diaz and U.S. President William Howard Taft. This menu details the food and drinks served at a reception.

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Fathers’ Day

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Flag Day

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Summer Solstice

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Juneteenth

C. L. Sonnichsen Special Collections Department

The University of Texas at El Paso Library

Scotch Dishes, Belle Christie Critchett papers, MS386 This 1916 cookbook was compiled by the El Paso Equal Franchise League. Belle Critchett was an important leader of the women’s suffrage movement in El Paso. She was active in the El Paso Equal Franchise League and served as its president in 1917. She also served as president of the El Paso League of Women Voters in 1926.

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Bastille Day

The University of Texas at El Paso Library

John Leslie (“J.L.”) Dodson (d.

1999) was the principal owner of the Mountain Pass Canning Company, which included the Old El Paso food brand. Located in Anthony, Texas since the 1940s, Mountain Pass became the largest seller of Mexican foods, such as beans, tamales, and chiles, in the U.S. Dodson raised peacocks, pheasants, guinea hens, and chickens in his backyard, and his wife, Harriet Dodson (d. September 2000), was an accomplished artist, wove some of her own clothes, and played the organ.

Sadly, these coupons expired over forty years ago.

Old El Paso coupons, J.L. and Harriet Dodson papers, MS471

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August 2023

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C. L. Sonnichsen Special Collections Department

Women’s Equality Day

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The University of Texas at El Paso Library

Menu, circa 1927, Hotel Paso del Norte menu collection, MS547 The Hotel Paso del Norte opened on Thanksgiving Day 1912. Designed by celebrated El Paso architect Henry Trost, the hotel was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. This menu was printed by the McMath Company and the Crichet Printing Company in El Paso.

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Yom Kippur Begins at Sundown

September 2023 Tuesday

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Labor Day

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Mexican Independence Day

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Autumnal Equinox

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Rosh Hashanah Begins at Sundown

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The University of Texas at El Paso Library

Mexican Recipes, Woman’s Club of El Paso records, MS576 The Woman’s Club of El Paso’s first cookbook, Mexican Recipes, was compiled by Mrs. D.W. Fennessy in 1916. Copies were sold at the International Soil Products Exposition held in El Paso in October 1916, in local bookstores, in army camps, and at the Woman’s Club.

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Indigenous People’s Day

Halloween

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C. L. Sonnichsen Special Collections Department

The University of Texas at El Paso Library

“The Cavern Cafe, Nogales, Sonora, Mexico,” El Paso photo file, PH001 The El Paso photo file, PH001, dates 1876 – 2000s. An artificial collection, the El Paso photo file contains images from northern Mexico and the southwestern United States. Types of documents include photographs, negatives, slides, and postcards.

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November 2023

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Todos los Santos

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All Souls’ Day

All Saints’ Day

Daylight Savings Time ends

Día de los Muertos

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C. L. Sonnichsen Special Collections Department

Thanksgiving

Veterans’ Day Public Holiday

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Veterans’ Day

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The University of Texas at El Paso Library

Ashley’s assembly line, History of Ashley’s, Inc. and a Sketch of its Founder, George N. Ashley, Sr., UTEP History Seminar Paper This 1955 history seminar paper by Patricia Bowman recounts the history of Ashley’s Fine Mexican Foods. The back of the photograph states, “This assembly line is producing and packaging fresh tortillas for increasing local consumption. Spotless factory conditions make the biggest impression on visitors to the plant.”

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December 2023

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Christmas Eve

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New Year’s Eve

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Christmas Day

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Our Lady of Guadalupe Day

Kwanzaa (ends Jan. 1)

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Chanukah Begins at Sundown

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Winter Solstice

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Chanukah Ends at Sundown

The University of Texas at El Paso Library

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January 2024

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New Year’s Day

C. L. Sonnichsen Special Collections Department

Día de los Reyes Magos (Epiphany)

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The University of Texas at El Paso Library

Sunday

February 2024

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Friday 1 Groundhog Day

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Día de la Candelaria

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Presidents’ Day

C. L. Sonnichsen Special Collections Department

Valentine’s Day

Saturday

The University of Texas at El Paso Library

Label from Ashley’s Fine Mexican Foods, History of Ashley’s, Inc. and a Sketch of its Founder, George N. Ashley, Sr., UTEP History Seminar Paper Front cover: “Mercado Cuauhtemoc, Public Market,” Ciudad Juárez, undated postcard, El Paso photo file, PH001 This calendar features images of food, drink, and cookery from the C.L. Sonnichsen Special Collections Department. These resources help document the social and cultural history of northern Mexico and the southwestern United States.

C.L. Sonnichsen Special Collections Department The University of Texas at El Paso Library 500 W. University Avenue El Paso, Texas 79968 915-747-5697 utep.edu/library/special-collections

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