Summary

Menu for Lunch on 17 January 1958 on the RMS Sylvania. It was issued by the Cunard Line, and is part of a collection of 175 items of post-war ship memorabilia collected by John McKay. John began collecting shipping brochures as a boy through an interest in travel and later used some of the material in his professional capacity as a Geography and Social Studies teacher. He finally made a voyage himself in 1957-1958, to England to attend a scouting jamboree, although he ended up staying for 18 months. He remembers lots of Australians going over at that time, and references to Earls Court as 'Kangaroo Alley'.

Physical Description

Single piece of reinforced paper, printed on both sides. In the top register of the front of the menu is an artistic rendering of a man and woman standing on a look-out overlooking the ocean. The lower register is white with 'Cunard' written in blue in the bottom right corner. Inside, the menu is listed on both faces of the document and a suggested menu is also listed. The rear cover is blank apart from a description of the picture adorning the front cover.

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