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“The SS United States is the fastest ship in the world. We also have Otto Bismarck. (Bon Appetit!)” Commissioned by United States Lines, January 1967, Holiday Magazine.

SS United States Conservancy Curatorial Collection

The SS United States was still the world’s fastest ship, but no longer was she the fastest way to cross the Atlantic. To compensate, US Lines ran ads promoting the luxuries unique to the American superliner. What airplane food could hope to compete with the Truffled Partridge à l’Anglaise of world-renowned chef Otto Bismarck?

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