[Dollar Steamship Company]

1932 Cruise Menus [5] & Items Dollar Steamship SS President Lincoln Cuba and Panama.

Five full color menus each with a lithographed color front by Philip Little. Each contains details of the evening meal and the concert program.  The interior also has color illustrations. The menus begin on July 23 and end with August 4.

Additionally,
++++ A copy of the Daily Radio News for August 17, 1932. News copy mentions a plea by Charles Lindberg for the children of America; Construction of the Vetrens Hospital in Sam Francisco; Boxer Max Baer in Chicago; prison escape from Oklahoma …. Also international news items. Interior is a passenger list. Folded forming 4 sheets and then folded again vertically
++++ A color graphic-designed  illustrated 16-page guest list and cruise information booklet
++++ Promotional pieces for a day trip in Cuba/Havana and another Havana advert with daily news.

According to the Guest Information Brochure this was a leg of a round-the-world cruise, and our guests were probably only on the ship this a partial leg.

Menus are near fine with no flaws to note, perhaps mild even age-toning, the Guest book equally fine; the other items are carefully handled.

Near Fine. Item #18199

At its height in the 1920s, the Dollar Steamship Company was the largest and most successful United States shipping firm, and its signature white dollar sign mounted on red-banded stacks was known around the world.

Price: $45.00