Postcard: Length of "Imperator" [Cunard Line] 919 Feet, Height of Woolworth Building 750 Feet. No date, circa 1919-1920; unposted.
Entry/Object ID
2006.034.0730
Description
Postcard: Length of "Imperator" [Cunard Line] 919 Feet, Height of Woolworth Building 750 Feet. No date, circa 1919-1920; unposted. Divided back.
Issued by the Cunard Line (with their logo on the back.)
Originally the Hamburg-American Line ocean liner, S.S. Imperator, that operated from Hoboken docks from 1912 to 1914 when it was laid up due to World War I. In 1919 Imperator was sold to the Cunard Line and became the R.M.S. Imperator. She sailed for Cunard under this name for the first time on December 11, 1919. She continued under that name for just over a year. In early 1921, she was given the new name R.M.S. Berengaria, named after the wife of King Richard I of England. Withdrawn from service in 1938.
