New Zealand Shipping Company :S.S. "Tongariro". Breakfast [menu]. 2.4.1896

New Zealand Shipping Company :S.S. "Tongariro". Breakfast [menu]. 2.4.1896
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Date
1896
Reference
Eph-A-SHIP-1896-02
Description

Menu lists porridge, grilled sardines, mutton chops & chips, fried eggs & bacon, sausages & mashed potatoes, devilled fowl, curry & rice, hominy cakes, and cold ham. At the top is a small portrait of a steam and sailing ship in an oval inset.

The ship ‘Tongariro' was a single screw steam ship of 4200 tons. It had left Wellington on 20 February for London, via Monte Video (left there on 12 March), Tenerife and Plymouth, and so was nearing Plymouth by 2 April, the date of this menu.

Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) and holograph on menu..

Physical Description: Ink and engraving on blue sheet, 165 x 110 mm.

Additional description

Alternative form available: Digitally copied from original

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Part of
[Ephemera of octavo size relating to ships and shipping companies, mainly on voyages to New Zealand. 1890 -1899]
Format
1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) and holograph on menu., Ephemera, Ink drawings, Engravings, Menus, Ink and engraving on blue sheet, 165 x 110 mm., Orientation: Vertical image
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