RMS Mauretania Menu

Name/Title

RMS Mauretania Menu

Entry/Object ID

20.21.46

Description

Material: paper. Size: 6 1/2" x 8 1/2". An elegant menu printed on card stock from the R.M.S. Mauretania, dated Sunday, August 21st, 1910, with a painting at the top entitled "Cunarder at New York"; printed below is the menu starting with olives and consommé julienne, followed by options such as boiled salmon with cucumber and parsley sauce, lamb pot pie, roast beef with Yorkshire pudding, boiled chicken with celery sauce, and baked Wiltshire ham. The desserts include Plum Pudding with Brandy Sauce, Rhubarb Tart, Fancy Pastry and Ice Cream. Reverse side shows the wine, spirits and liqueur menu as well as other beverages, soft drinks and water, Cigars, Cigarettes, Tobacco and Medicinal Waters.

Context

Florence Castor was a Waseca native and a graduate of Waseca High School. She was the sister of Harry Castor.

Collection

Castor

Cataloged By

Pfen

Made/Created

Date made

1910

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Menu

Class

Documentary Artifact

Category

Communication Artifacts

General Notes

Note Type

Exhibit

Note

Florence Castor Exhibit September 2025

Create Date

July 24, 2025

Update Date

October 24, 2025