ILE DE FRANCE: 1927 - First Class dinner menu from December 1935French Line Talk about the French taking food seriously here is a First Class dinner menu dated December 28, 1935, from the ILE DE FRANCE. I count seventy eight choices and each one sounds delicious. Take the cold buffet for example. Among the fourteen choices these stand out: Lobster with Herb Sauce, Terrine of Foie Gras with Truffles, and York Ham with Pickles. By the way, the chef's suggested menu runs ten courses. Recall those chic dining room

What languid cities and sleepy ports are shown

The topmost cabin pic shows one of the newly-built staterooms that replaced the cargo areas while the other two show the veneered charm of the original ship

Recall those chic dining room chairs used on the ILE in First Class

This plan is lifted directly from the Italian Line

two months before the LEONARDO DA VINCI's launch and eight months before her maiden voyage

The ARGENTINA MARU went to the scrappers in 1976

The U-boat found the liner again the next today and this time the aim was spot-on

Hamburg American Line: A fold-out (31" by 35") tissue deck plan of the CINCINNATI from May 1912

The ship had recently departed Canadian Pacific where she had sailed since 1957 as the EMPRESS OF BRITAIN

In back are six decks of plans and a partial cutaway showing public room locations

Formica-topped tables

A twelve-page "Discover the Orient" brochure from 1965 also contains color interior views and deck plans