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Red Star Line Dinner Menu
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Farewell dinner menu from the S.S. Marquette, with a man, a woman, and a child in Dutch clothing on a boat, facing away to look at an approaching ship. The image is signed "Heussiers" in the lower left-hand corner. The illustration at the top of the menu was meant to be detached and used as a postcard. The menu below is in English and French.
September 20, 1908
O. De Rycker & Mendel
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WHi 101081
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