SS Italia Vintage Menu Collection
Vintage menus for the SS Italia in the GG Archives collection represent the souvenir breakfast, luncheon, dinner, daily, private party, special occasion, and specialty menus provided to the passengers during their voyage. Many of these souvenir menus have disappeared over the years.
![GGA Image ID # 12fdec6728 Front Cover, Dinner Menu, Tourist Class on the MS Italia of the Home Lines, Thursday, 4 December 1952.](../../../Images600/Menus/Dinner/Italia-1952-12-04-DinnerMenu-01-FC-250.jpg)
1952-12-04 MS Italia Dinner Menu
Vintage Dinner Menu from 4 December 1952 on board the MS Italia of the Home Lines featured Fillet of Boston Sole Cardinal, Braised Prime Ribs of Beef, and Strawberry Ice Cream for dessert.
![GGA Image ID # 132c6b7210 Front Cover, Farewell Dinner Menu, Tourist Class on the MS Italia of the Home Lines, Friday, 5 December 1952.](../../../Images600/Menus/Dinner/Italia-1952-12-05-FarewellDinnerMenu-01-FC-250.jpg)
1952-12-05 MS Italia Farewell Dinner Menu
Vintage Farewell Dinner Menu from 5 December 1952 on board the MS Italia of the Home Lines featured Roast Mount Vernon Turkey, Fillet of Kennebec Salmon in Chablis with Crawfish tails, and Ice Bomb 'Fortuna' for dessert.
Our collection contains a sampling of menus initially produced and printed by the steamship lines. They are often used to illustrate family history books for immigrants from this time.