Germany: Norddeutscher Lloyd, 1938. Folded Card Stock. Background Information:The SS Columbus, was a German ocean liner laid down before the start of World War I. The vessel was originally to be named Hindenburg. However, her then-sister, originally named Columbus, was handed over to British government and then sold to the.....

Several months prior to the Great Wall Street Crash a fine meal was served featuring Beef Wellington at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto, Canada.The Canadian Pacific Railway Company announced and then built the largest hotel in the British Commonwealth opening June 11, 1929.

RMS Franconia was an ocean liner operated by the Cunard Line from 1922 to 1956.The Equator line-crossing ceremony is an initiation rite that commemorates a person's first crossing of the Equator. The tradition may have originated with ceremonies when passing headlands, and become a 'folly' sanctioned as a boost to.....

USA: Moore-McCormack Lines, 1962. Ada Peacock. Folded Card Stock. A mid-century modern piece.The artist was known for figure and genre painting, and as a designer. She is best known for her gouache paintings of native South American people and their costumes, which mostly date to the 1940s. This is a......

HISTORICAL CONTEXT —By the early 1960s, New York’s private dining clubs had become important social institutions, hosting elaborate annual events that combined culinary display with curated entertainment. The Twenty-Four Karat Club was among the more visible of these organizations, drawing performers from Broadway, radio, and television.Menus such as this functioned.....