The cover of the dinner menu for Washington’s Birthday from the SS Columbia of the Hamburg-Amerika Line. That’s a portrati of the Columbia on the right, apparently about to run down a sailboat.
Columbia had a weird history, having served as a liner between Germany and the US, been used as an excursion steamer, and then was sold to Spain and used in a support role during the 1898 war with the US. After returning to service as a liner, including the 1900 dinner menitoned above, the ship ended its career in the Russian navy.
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