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22. - NORMANDIE. - Le plus grand paquebot du monde de la Cie Générale Transatlantique. Ligne LE HAVRE-SOUTHAMPTON-NEW YORK Longueur 313 m.; largeur 36m 40; jauge 73,000 tonnes; puissance 160,000 CV.; vitesse 30 nœuds soit 55 km.-heure; 2,000 passagers
French
1935–1942
Medium/Technique
Sepia tone phototype on card stock.
Dimensions
Vertical: 14 x 8.9 cm (5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder
Accession Number2015.4514
OUT ON LOAN
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPostcards
DescriptionFront: 22.
Back: divided. Mint.
Edition "La Cigogne", 111, rue Réaumur, Paris.
Cliché de la COMPAGNIE GÉNÉRALE TRANSATLANTIQUE
Back: divided. Mint.
Edition "La Cigogne", 111, rue Réaumur, Paris.
Cliché de la COMPAGNIE GÉNÉRALE TRANSATLANTIQUE
ProvenanceBetween 1950 and 2015, acquired by Leonard A. Lauder, New York [see note]; 2015, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 24, 2015)
NOTE: Lauder purchased his collection of postcards from various postcard dealers in Europe and the United States, beginning in the 1950s.
NOTE: Lauder purchased his collection of postcards from various postcard dealers in Europe and the United States, beginning in the 1950s.