These menu covers were used in the Balmoral Restaurant and Verandah Café on Transatlantic crossings, and also in the Sandringham Restaurant on cruises.
Click on thumbnails for larger image, all of which will open a new viewing window. Recently added covers are indicated with “¶.” Hover mouse over each menu for more information.
Among the latest batch of menus sought out by Ross Blouin are a couple of menu covers that are unique to the archive. This “Notre Dame Gargoyle” is an impressionist painting based on several photographs taken from this popular vantage point. Just in case, there's also a clue to the city in the background.
This image featured on the cover for the Luncheon of 17 May 1965. The artist's name is illegible. The later Cunard logo shows that this was another late-period addition to the printer's stock.
The majority of covers on this page come from use in the 1950s. The Flower Vase, Fishing Harbour, Fond Farewell, Gandria, Loch Linnhe, London from the Thames and the Mallards’ Flight are more recent use covers.
The London view from the Thames carries its view across the back, but no indication of the artist is given.
The Marina view wasn't introduced until around 1964 and unusually, the cover opens out to a full landscape view. This is displayed in the larger image. The original painting is signed “Jeannin 62.” The remainder are mostly earlier use covers.
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Fishing Harbour
Flamingoes #1
Flamingoes #2
Flower Vase
Fly-fishing Flies
Fond Farewell
Fruit Blossom
Fruit Lady
Glacier
Golden Bouquet
Golden Cherubs
Gone Fishing
Goose Mountain
Grosvenor Gardens
Harvard House
Gargoyle
Henley Regatta
Herons
Indian Elephant
Inkstand
Lac d'Annecy
Lake Lugano
Loch Linnhe
Loch Side
London
Looe Harbour
Lord Mayor's Procession
Mallards’ Flight
Marina
Marine Majesty
RMS Mauretania