M.V. GEORGIC letter card and menu

Card

EPHEMERA
1932
paper
overall: 7-1/2 x 4-1/2 in.

Card; M.V. GEORGIC letter card and menu; letter card from the White Star Line's M.V. GEORGIC; perforated edges, serving as both a letter card, as well as a menu for the Gala Dinner; image on one of the outer sides is an etched image of the M.V. GEORGIC; printed around image "WHITE STAR LINE/ M.V. "GEORGIC," 27,000 TONS."; printed on opposite outer side is "LETTER CARD", with lines below it for an address; also on this side is a stamp in the upper right corner; stamp is red in color, with an image of King George V, and printed around the image "1½ 1½ / POSTAGE REVEUNE/ (THREE HALFPENCE)"; most likely a stamp issued from 1922; printed on one half of the inner sides "On Board M.V. _______________/ __________193"; printed on opposite inner side is the Gala Dinner menu, which reads "GALA DINNER/ MENU/ Little neck Clams/ Hors d'OEurves, variés/ Clear Mock Turtle Potage Marie Louise/ Salmon, Mousseline, Iced Cucumber/ Sweetbread Croquettes, Tallyrand/ Fore and Hind Quarters of Lamb, Mint Sauce/ Green Peas Parsnips in Cream/ Boiled New and Navaraise Potatoes/ Celery-fed Duckling, Apple Sauce/ Salade Waldorf/ Pineapple Jelly Swiss Fancies/ Coupes Cardinal/ Dessert/ July 14th, 1932 M.V. "GEORGIC" ".


2009.21.1

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