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Cover of menu with colored drawing holly and poinsettias surrounding three red candles, text “U…
USS Intrepid Christmas Menu
Cover of menu with colored drawing holly and poinsettias surrounding three red candles, text “U…
Cover of menu with colored drawing holly and poinsettias surrounding three red candles, text “USS Intrepid CVA11”

USS Intrepid Christmas Menu

Object NameMenu
DateDecember 25, 1961
PeriodCold War
Mediumpaper, ink
ClassificationsCommunication Artifacts
Credit LineCollection of the Intrepid Museum. Gift of Madeline Welker. A2017.51
Object numberA2017.51
DescriptionMenu; USS Intrepid Christmas Menu, December 25, 1961

Menu cover has a color drawing of three red candles with holly and poinsettias surrounding the candles. The bottom of the card has "USS Intrepid CVA11" printed in black. Inside, the card has a Christmas Prayer, a Message from Captain J. L. Abbot, Jr., and the Christmas dinner menu. The back has Intrepid's address in the top left corner, a blank box for a stamp in the top right corner, and "To" printed in the middle of the page with lines for an address.
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