This historic menu, which dates back to the ill-fated ship's voyage from Queenstown to New York, features dishes like spring lamb and 'squab à la godard.'
Rare video of the1986 dive through the wreckage of the Titanic has been released for the first time. The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution posted more than 80 minutes of video of the ocean liner that sunk in April of 1912.The menu is for the first dinner after Titanic left Queenstown before heading to New York City.
Henry Aldrige & Son Ltd, the auction house, estimates the rare find could be sold for up to 70,000 GBP or $86,070.60. The menu bears the embossed red White Star Line burgee. It does show sings of water immersion, which partially erased the lettering. Several dishes were offered on the menu including spring lamb with mint sauce, "squab à la godard" and "apricots bordaloue."According to the auction house, the menu was discovered in a 1960s photo album after the death of historian Len Stephenson. His daughter and son-in-law discovered the menu.
Titanic was the iconic ocean liner that was sunk by an iceberg in 1912. All but about 700 of the roughly 2,200 passengers and crew died.
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