"Stramlined Air Conditioned S.S. 'Admiral,' Flagship of the Streckfus Fleet, St. Louis, Mo."

color photographic postcard

POSTCARDS
St. Louis Greeting Card Co.; Curt Teich & Co.
USA, MO, St. Louis
after 1938
paper
3-1/2 x 5-1/2 in.

Color photographic postcard; port view of steamboat ADMIRAL (built 1938); printed at top "164--Streamlined Air Conditioned S.S. 'Admiral,' Flagship of the Streckfus Fleet, St. Louis, Mo." and lower right "1B-H34"; printed on back "ST. LOUIS GREETING CARD CO., ST. LOUIS, MO." and 'GENUINE CURTEICH-CHICAGO 'C.T. ART-COLORTONE' POST CARD (REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.)"; and caption "S.S. 'ADMIRAL'/ The new streamlined excursion steamer 'Admiral,' is the largest river passenger steamer ever built in America, the first to be streamlined and air-conditioned./ The sleek, streamlined design and absence of all exterior decorative frills is the most outstanding feature of the appearance of the new steamer./ . . ."

2002.17.12