Copie Menus, First Class, R.M.S. "Nieuw Amsterdam", August 25 to September 11, 1948.
Entry/Object ID
2002.017.0002
Scope and Content
Copie Menus, First Class, Breakfast, Luncheon, Dinner. R.M.S. "Nieuw Amsterdam", August 25 to September 11, 1948. 6-1/8" wide x 8-3/4" high. Side stapled. Unpaginated, ca. 150 leaves, printed one side.
A shipboard archive of daily menus [copies] produced for passengers.
Presumed to have been printed on board the ship. The paper is a low-grade wood pulp paper similar to newsprint and typical of those used for making printer's page proofs. This appears to be the manner of this production. It is not the actual printed menus presented in the restaurants or dining rooms as those were imprinted on the Holland-America Line engraved and decorated card stock. The paper is brittle. Staples have rusted away.
