Item HT 6496.2 Menu - RMS Queen Mary, Cunard Line, Dinner, 29 Oct 1959

Summary

Menu for Dinner on 29 October 1959 on the RMS Queen Mary. 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, in colour, on both sides. The front cover comprises an artistic impression of 'Harvard House', Stratford-On-Avon, England. The scene depicted is that of a man, woman and child walking along a street, flanked with tudor buildings/architecture. 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.