Paquebot Tonkin, 1899 (Orangutan) Celebrity Ownership of The Beverly Hills

Ownership of The Beverly Hills Hotel has changed hands over the years

one of the most celebrated restaurants in Paris

~ Ralph Drybrough

We were intrigued by the meal-times written out as A

was held from 1933 to 1934 to celebrate the city's centennial

Paquebot Tonkin, 1899 (Orangutan) Celebrity Ownership of The Beverly HillsThe Paquebot Tonkin was part of the French Messageries Maritimes fleet. Launched in 1898 from the yards of La Ciotat, the Tonkin initially worked the Marseille Saigon Yokohama route, with space for 185 first class passengers, 86 second class and 77 third class. This menu, from February 1899, would be from one of her earliest voyages. The Tonkin took her name from the French term for northern Vietnam, which was occupied by the French at the time.