The Lusitania (Cunard Line) New York Harbor. Length 790 Ft., Breadth 88 Ft., 68,000 Horse Power. [handwritten front caption]
Description
View of the Cunard Line's Lusitania in New York Harbor in the moonlight at night, with the skyline in the background and two smaller boats in front of the Lusitania.
Postal data: posted, postmarked [wavy postmark with letters I? & C] (NEWARK, N.J., NOV 10, 1-PM, 1908), stamp; Postcard type: divided back (This Side for Correspondence; This Side for Address Only); Printing information: series number (96.-127); Logo (POST CARD); Trademarks: ((IPCN & Co) with letters intertwined, (Illustrated Postal Card Co. New York. Made in Germany), stylized eagle and flag badge superimposed on laurel branch and arrows in top corner; Written message (Dear Mama, The apples arrived safe and I have made a lot of apple sauce (indecipherable) Thank you for sending them. Love (indecipherable); Addressee (Mrs. Alden Talcott, 106 West Street, Rockville, (indiscernible); Benjamin Franklin one cent stamp facing front.
Digitized by Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, Queens College (CUNY). Front Image Digitization Team: GSLIS 757, Digital Imaging, Fall 2009: Kimberly Probert Grad, Kira Limer. Back Image Digitization Team: GSLIS 757, Digital Imaging, Fall 2009: Kimberly Probert Grad, Kira Limer
Extent
3.5 in. x 5.5 in.
Publishing Note
Illustrated Postal Card Co. New York. Made in Germany. [indicated on back only]
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