10pc Collection of 1930s Ward Line and French Line Ocean Liner Ephemera

Collection of vintage ocean liner ephemera primarily related to the New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Company (Ward Line) and the French Line (Compagnie Generale Transatlantique), dating between 1930 and 1940. The New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Company material centers on the Turbo Electric Liner (T.E.L.) Oriente and includes a Farewell Dinner menu dated July 6, 1939, featuring a lighthouse illustration and listing Captain O. L. Seastrom and Chief Engineer Hazen E. Cook; a luncheon menu printed on orange paper dated Wednesday, August 5, 1936; a breakfast menu printed on light blue paper dated Monday, August 5, 1940, bearing the New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Company logo; an Information for Passengers folder for the T.E.L. Oriente; a daily Activities program for a Havana cruise; a community song sheet titled New Revised Edition All Join In Pioneer Community Song Sheet; a trade card advertisement for Adolph's Liquor Store and Cigar Store located at Prado 114, Havana, Cuba; The French Line material consists of a hardcover booklet titled France and the North African Coast, containing a foreword regarding steamship travel and a fold-out map of France and North Africa detailing rail and maritime routes. The group is completed by two color postcards: one depicting the interior of La Merced Church in Havana, Cuba, and one showing an aerial view of an ocean liner at sea. Dimensions: 6.5"W x 9.5"H Weight: 7.3 oz Condition Request Condition Report Good.

Estimate:$20

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