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R.M.S. Lusitania Menu
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Dinner menu from the maiden voyage of the R.M.S. Lusitania from Liverpool to New York, with a flag with a lion rampant in a decorative cartouche and "Cunard Line". The Lusitania sunk on May 7, 1915, after being torpedoed by a German U-boat.
September 7, 1907
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