WORLDS LARGEST LINER ARRIVES IN NEW YORK HARBOR Cunard's mammoth 83,673-ton Queen Elizabeth, world's largest luxury liner, presents impressive picture against New York skyline as she moves up bay to Hudson River berth. Ship is 1,031 feet long, almost equal to height of Empire State Building.

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WORLDS LARGEST LINER ARRIVES IN NEW YORK HARBOR Cunard's mammoth 83,673-ton Queen Elizabeth, world's largest luxury liner, presents impressive picture against New York skyline as she moves up bay to Hudson River berth. Ship is 1,031 feet long, almost equal to height of Empire State Building.

Publisher: A. Mainzer (New York, NY)
Printer: Curt Teich Co. (American, 1893–1974)

British

Medium/Technique Tinted halftone lithograph on linen textured 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 Number2015.5760

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPostcards

DescriptionBack: divided. Used.
ALFRED MAINZER, 118 EAST 28TH ST., NEW YORK CITY
GENUINE CURTEICH-CHICAGO "C.T. ART-COLORTONE" POST CARD (REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.)

Marks Canceled. Sent 1953 from New York, NY to Poultney, VT.

InscriptionsYes

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)