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1915 S.S. Nieuw Amsterdam 1905-1932, Holland America Dinner Menu from September 30th, 1915. Mounted on a Acid free Comic Backing Board using archival mounting corners.
In remarkably good condition for its age, with some corner bumping, w/minute chipping, having survived for the last 108 years and recently found in a Local NW Estate Settlement.
A little history regarding the S.S. Nieuw Amsterdam 1905-1932...
When the ship came into service, it was the 10th largest ship in the world and the biggest ship under the Dutch flag, until the arrival of the Rotterdam (4) in 1908. The keel was laid on 21 January 1904 and the hull launched on 28 September 1905. The official trial trip took place on 22 February 1906 and there a maximum speed of 17.5 knots was reached. Such a speed was more then sufficient to compete on the North Atlantic successfully.
During World War I, with note to: 1915...
The Kingdom of the Netherlands was neutral during this conflict of the world’s greatest powers and it meant that as long as trading was neutral as well, e.g. not favouring any of the feuding countries, Dutch flag ships could continue to sail. What was exactly meant to be neutral was often confusing and in 1915 the ship was stopped by the French auxiliary cruiser La Savoye for inspection to enforce these neutrality rules. 650 Germans and Austrians are taken off. Holland America was convinced that carrying these people was not against the rules as they were civilians but the French thought different. The La Savoye was also a passenger ship and the 650 could at least be carried in a certain comfort to France for internment.
End of Service for the S.S. Amsterdam...
The Nieuw Amsterdam arrives on 2 Oct. 1931 for the last time in Rotterdam and is then laid up. The ship is sold for scrap on 27 Jan. 1931 for a price of 137,600 Dutch Guilders to Japan. On 26 February 1931, it departs from Rotterdam for Japan to be scrapped at the Torazo Hashimoto, scrap yard in Osaka. On the last voyage, going around the Cape to Japan, it carries a full cargo of coal in her holds to help pay for the trip.
Ships carefully packed and thoughtfully wrapped and sent via the USPS in a Padded Priority Parcel to ALL 50 U.S. States.
