1917 Menu from CARPATHIA's service as a troopship

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A menu titled "N.C.O.'s Mess" from July 18, 1917 aboard the CARPATHIA. Like many Cunard ships, it served as a troopship during World War I. The menu card is colorfully decorated in blue and purple, with an image of a four-funnel ship at the top (not the CARPATHIA, which had one funnel). The food is less lavish than on pre-war menus, of course, but it still includes five courses, with soup, fish, meat and two sides, dessert and cheese. The CARPATHIA left New York on July 14, 1917 carrying perhaps 5,000 U.S. soldiers bound for France, and it had arrived safely in Europe by the end of July.