Holland Society Annual Dinner, New York 1892 Chevron Queen Mary was refitted for

Queen Mary was refitted for passenger service and along with Queen Elizabeth commenced the two-ship transatlantic passenger service for which the two ships were initially built

Britain and Germany had signed an armistice to end the First World War- Americans flooded into Paris

They both did the work in exchange for abalone dinners

We love the humour in vintage menu art and this print of Cocktails for Two is a marvellous example

Holland Society Annual Dinner, New York 1892 Chevron Queen Mary was refitted forThough interesting to read, many 19th century menus are plain and unadorned so this colorful menu with a musician playing a lute caught our eye. It was printed in 1892 for an annual dinner of the Holland Society of New York which took place at the Manhattan Athletic club. The society had been founded seven years previously for the purposes of preserving the history of the New Netherlands and it still exists today at 20 W 44th St in midtown Manhattan.