French Line SS ILE DE FRANCE OCEAN LINER March 1955 Luncheon Menu 8F For Sale

Large(9 3/8\" X 13 1/2\") Original paper menu for French Line\'s Transatlantic sailing on March 12, 1955.TheSSÎle de Francewasa celebrated ocean liner of the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (CGT), commonly known as the French Line. Launched on March 14, 1926, and entering service in 1927, she was the first major liner built after World War I and the first vessel decorated almost entirely in Art Deco.[1]The liner measured 791 feet in length, 92 feet in width, and had a gross tonnage of 43,153. Known as the \"cheeriest way to cross the Atlantic,\" she became a floating party ship with the longest shuffleboard court and the longest cocktail bar at sea during Prohibition.Ships in protective sleeve.