June 30, 1906 · R.M.S. Saxonia · Cunard Line · Daily Menu
1906 was the year before Cunard launched the Lusitania and Mauretania — the new express liners that would dominate the North Atlantic. The Saxonia represented the workhorse generation of Cunard ships that still maintained the steady Boston and Liverpool service throughout this transition period.
The cover painting shows the Saxonia at sea in full steam, with the Cunard red ensign at the stern and the line’s signature red-and-black funnels prominent. Ship-portrait covers like this were used by Cunard to give passengers a souvenir image of their specific vessel.
By 1906 Cunard had been operating express transatlantic service for sixty-six years. The Saxonia, launched in 1900, was one of Cunard’s mid-sized intermediate liners running the Liverpool–Boston route. Built at John Brown’s Clydebank yard, she could carry 1,964 passengers across three classes.
Visual style: Colour lithograph cover featuring a portrait of the ship at sea.
What you receive
- Three print sizes: 8×10, 11×14, 16×20 inches (300 DPI, ready for any home printer or framing shop).
- Two versions of each size: a pure print (no added text) and a museum print (with a small caption: restaurant or ship, year, and source).
- A 1–2 page PDF with the menu’s historical context.
- One ZIP file, instantly downloadable after checkout.
About the source
This menu is preserved in the Buttolph Collection of Menus at The New York Public Library and is in the public domain in the United States. The Menu Press has curated, digitally restored, and reformatted the work for modern printing.
