One of the earliest menus featured in the To Live and Dine in L.A. book and upcoming exhibition is from an 1895 banquet organized by the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce in celebration of its seventh anniversary. Following dinner, toastmaster Judge J. S. Slauson emceed the evening’s proceedings, which included a series of toasts: “Determining Elements in Our Destiny,” “A Hoosier’s Impression of Southern California,” “The Glorious Climate,” and “Southern California and its relation to the General Government.” The program also featured this poem, “The Transplanting,” which was read by Charles F. Lummis.