Express-Steamer Fürst Bismarck 1899 West End Hungry visitors who attended the

Hungry visitors who attended the World Fair in Paris in 1889 would have been presented with this lovely menu when they dined at the Brasserie Française

Joan Blondell

and offered only the best champagne and foods

When coffee was in short supply

Express-Steamer Fürst Bismarck 1899 West End Hungry visitors who attended theThe SS Furst Bismarck ocean liner was built in 1890 and took thousands of German immigrants from Hamburg to their new lives in the United States. The five deck vessel usually made the trip in five or six days and was a familiar sight offloading its passengers at Ellis Island, New York. Most passengers traveled steerage, of course, but a lucky few were in first or second class and they passed the journey in elaborate accommodations and were treated