Postcard: Hamburg-Amerika Linie. S.S. Vaterland. Ca. May 1914.

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Hoboken Historical Museum

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Name/Title

Postcard: Hamburg-Amerika Linie. S.S. Vaterland. Ca. May 1914.

Entry/Object ID

2014.021.0028

Scope and Content

Postcard: Hamburg-Amerika Linie. S.S. Vaterland. No date, issued May 21, 1914. Raphael Tuck & Sons. "Oilette" Serie Vaterland No. 959. Color lithographed card, 3-1/2" x 5-1/2" high, divided back; unposted and unused; ink notation on back: 41. 1923. All text in German. (Date per: http://tuckdb.org/sets/4454?set_tab=list) Artist's depiction (signed N. Beraud) of this passenger liner with the HAPAG fleet flag shown at upper left. The vessel joined the fleet in 1913 and made only 7 trans-Atlantic crossings as a Hamburg-America ship before being interned at Hoboken in August 1914 at the start of World War I. (Confiscated in 1917 and became the U.S.N. (or U.S.S.) Leviathan and after the war the U.S. Leviathan for the United States Lines.) ==== text on back: TUCK’S POSTKARTE. CARTE POSTALE. POSTCARD. Hamburg-Amerika - Linie. Hamburg. Vier- schrauben-Schnelldampfer » Vaterland «, ein Schwester-schiff des » Imperator «, hat eine Lange von 276 m, eine Breite von 30 1/2 m und eine Tiefe von 19 1/4 m. Zur Verarbeitung des Schiffes gelangten 34 1/2 Millionen Kilo-gramm gewalzter Stahl, 2 Millionen Kilogramm Gufistahl, 2 Millionen Kilogramm Gufieisen, 1 Million Kilogramm Kupfer, 6 1/2 Millionen Kilogramm Holz. Die Durch-schnittsgeschwindigkeit des Schiffes betragt 22 1/2 See-meilen in der Stunde. Gebaut auf der Werft von Blohm & Vob in Hamburg. Stapellauf am 3. April 1913.

Acquisition

Accession

2014.021

Source or Donor

Purchase

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Credit Line

Museum Collections.

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1914 - 1914

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: 1914 Date(s): 1914

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

General Notes

Note

Notes: Exhibition 2014: Hoboken, Ellis Island, and the Immigrant Experience, 1892-1924 Hamburg Amerikanische Paketfahrt Aktien-Gesellschaft or abbreviated as HAPAG. Often referred to in English as Hamburg America Line; Hamburg-American Line; Hamburg-Amerika Linie or Hamburg Line. Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2014-06-06