This striking vintage real photo postcard features a family of five posing on board the passenger liner, SS Deutschland. The life buoy in front of the family reveals the name of the ship. The family is likely on a vacation cruise. The father and the daughter standing next to him appear to be genuinely happy about their ocean adventure. The SS Deutschland was launched in 1900 by the Hamburg America Line of Germany. The ship was able to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a little more than five days. Unfortunately, the ship had chronic engine problems and was removed from transatlantic service in 1910. We can safely determine that the photograph on this postcard was taken between 1900 and 1910.The ship later saw service in World War I and then was used as a immigrant ship (Hansa). The ship was scrapped in 1925. Printed on the reverse of the postcard is the name, “Leonar”. Leonar was a firm that produced postcard stock (paper), cameras, and other photographic supplies. SOLD
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