Willem Frederik ten Broek (or Wim ten Broek), poster before text KNSM, 1937. Royal Netherlands Steamship Co. Amsterdam Source
Legendary actress Greta Garbo is met by photographers as she arrives home to her native Sweden after a lengthy spell in the USA, (1935).
Luxury Liner Row, New York, October 1939.
Seen here (L-R) are the SS Normandie, now a war refugee, the RMS Queen Mary, in troopship colors, and WWI veteran RMS Aquitania, also ready for action. The following Spring, QM’s sister ship Queen Elizabeth joined in, and for two weeks, the three largest liners in the world were moored side by side.
(Life Magazine Archive)
Casually bringing back an old favorite.
Here’s 2 other views(the other French line ship is the Ile De France)
What I always liked about these pictures is the Aquitania was only marginally larger than the Olympic, Titanic, and Britannic in length and beam(although the Titanic, Britannic and the Olympic post 1913, were both larger in gross tonnage), so it gives a good impression on what either 3 of them would look like next to the Queen or Normandie.
Reblogging for the extra pics.
In a rare and wonderful treat for Titanic historians and casual fans alike, “new” photos of the Titanic have surfaced in a private collection and have been shown to the public for the first time in a century.
The photos show Titanic’s launch from the Harland and Wolff Arrol Gantry when she was just an empty hull, and the complete and freshly-painted ship’s departure from Belfast for sea trials. Other photos from the same collection also show Olympic, Titanic’s identical sister ship. All photos above are of Titanic.
While the number of photos of Titanic publicly known to exist is relatively small compared to those of Olympic, even as these new photos have been unveiled, there are most certainly other photos in private collections that have yet to be discovered or released.
The photos are currently on display at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum. Read more here.
Photos courtesy: National Museums Northern Ireland
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„Mauretania“ Whitsun Cruise 1932
„Mauretania“ Whitsun Cruise 1932
Cunard Weekend Whitsun Cruise, Southampton – Gibraltar – Southampton. 14th – 19th May 1932. RMS “Mauretania” This is part of a series of pictures taken by my grandfather, recently found in an old album.
