Dinner Menu from SS Dorothy Alexander April 1928 – Seattle to S F Cruise for Sale

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Dinner Menu from SS Dorothy Alexander April 1928 – Seattle to S F Cruise For Sale

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Dinner Menu from SS Dorothy Alexander April 1928 – Seattle to S F Cruise:
$20.00

Used souvenir mailing dinner menu from the SS Dorothy Alexander on acruise from Seattle to San Francisco in April, 1928. The 391 foot coastalpassenger ship President was builtin 1907 at Camden by Pacific Coast Steamship Company. Now with the AdmiralLine, she was renamed Dorothy Alexander(for the daughter of the president) in 1922, and she principally served theWest Coast running on routes between Seattle, WA & California ports,primarily San Francisco & Los Angeles. The ship had accommodations for 537passengers, 130 crew & could maintain a cruising speed of 16.3 knots. Startingin 1926 the ship’s itinerary was expanded to include cruising to Alaskan portswhere from 1926 to 1932 she was the largest passenger vessel to cruise thosewaters. In 1936 she was part of the Alaska Steamship Co and renamed Columbia. The ship continued in servicefor Alaska Steamship until she was sold in 1946 to Portuguese interests andscrapped in 1952. Used and mailed. Postmarked San Francisco April 1928. 5 ½” x7” folded. One small chip along the bottom edge. See scans.