PRINZ WALDEMAR, built 1903

postcard

POSTCARDS
Germany
1906
heavy card
3-1/2 x 5 in.

Color photolithographic postcard; starboard view of German steamer PRINZ WALDEMAR docked, several barges alongside, cargo cranes in operation; printed below "Dampfer Prinz Waldemar (Hamburg-Amerikalinie)."; handwritten below "The only interest this bl[?]/ tub possesses is that it is seldom photographed/ My motto is still "Dieu et mon doigt" [literally, God and my finger, perhaps a play on the British monarch's motto "Dieu et mon droit, God and my birthright]/ Morgan"; handwritten on reverse "Kisses/ not germs."; addressed to "Mr. C. E. Schlachter/ Ther Corner/ Mt. Pleasant/ The Catskills/ NY"; stamped and postmarked "THE CORNER/ [illegible]/ 1906"; card has been cut.


1999.175.583

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