[RMS LUSITANIA]. Second cabin breakfast menu, 23 February 1...
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[RMS LUSITANIA]. Second cabin breakfast menu, 23 February 1911. Embossed cardstock (159 x 105 mm) with a vignette of the ship at sea, some spotting to text. On 1 May 1915, Lusitania departed Pier 54 in New York and was bound for Liverpool, carrying mostly British nationals. On 7 May 1915, the British-registered Cunard Line was torpedoed by an Imperial German Navy U-boat during the First World War roughly 11 nautical miles off the coast of southern Ireland which was in a declared maritime war-zone. Of the 1,959 people aboard only 761 survived, 128 of the casualties were American citizens.
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[RMS LUSITANIA]. Second cabin breakfast menu, 23 February 1...
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