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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.

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.

(Egremont, England)
1915–1935
Medium/TechniqueReal photograph on card stock.
DimensionsHorizontal: 8.9 x 14 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit LineLeonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder
Accession number2015.5605
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPostcards
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)