WHITE STAR LINER "OLYMPIC." 45,324 TONS GROSS REGISTER, 66,000 TONS DISPLACEMENT. LENGTH 882 ft. 6 ins., BREADTH 92 ft. 6 ins., SPEED 21 KNOTS, ACCOMMODATION 2,500 PASSENGERS, 860 CREW. USED AS A TRANSPORT IN THE GREAT WAR.

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WHITE STAR LINER "OLYMPIC." 45,324 TONS GROSS REGISTER, 66,000 TONS DISPLACEMENT. LENGTH 882 ft. 6 ins., BREADTH 92 ft. 6 ins., SPEED 21 KNOTS, ACCOMMODATION 2,500 PASSENGERS, 860 CREW. USED AS A TRANSPORT IN THE GREAT WAR.

Photographer: Priestley & Sons Ltd. (Egremont, England)
Printer: Rotary Photographic Company, LTD

British

1915–1935

Medium/Technique Real photograph on card stock.

Dimensions Horizontal: 8.9 x 14 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)

Credit Line Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder

Accession Number2015.5605

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPostcards

DescriptionFront: 3720 D ROTARY PHOTO, E.C.
PRIESTLY & SONS LTD. EGREMONT
Back: divided. Mint.
Franco-American Novelty Co., New York
Printed in England

ProvenanceBetween 1950 and 2015, acquired by Leonard A. Lauder, New York, from various postcard dealers in Europe and the United States; 2015, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 24, 2015)