Le Paquebot Oxus 1906 (Lion) Hotel Winton Fred Harvey immigrated to the

Fred Harvey immigrated to the US at the age of 17 and worked his way up from being a pot scrubber in a restaurant in New York to starting the country’s first restaurant chain called Harvey Houses

In 1912 the Tonkin was refitted

A Mermaid Cocktail cost only 73 cents

and clearly everyone was having a very good time

This highly stylised menu cover was for the Roosevelt Grill

Le Paquebot Oxus 1906 (Lion) Hotel Winton Fred Harvey immigrated to theThe Oxus was among the fleet of the Messageries Maritimes, a French merchant shipping company that transported passengers and also delivered packages and mail to people living in far flung places. Launched in 1879, this magnificent steamship sailed with staterooms for 81 First Class passengers, for whom this menu was made. There was room too for 46 Second Class passengers, 36 Third Class passengers and as many as 1200 in steerage. It sailed from to