Postcard CN-454561

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Cunard White Star Praha, Václavské nám. 66
david2051, United States of America
david2051 said:
posted over 12 years ago

I think this is a very cool, very international postcard!

It is depicting the RMS Majestic against the New York City skyline. The Majestic took her maiden voyage to New York in 1922 and was the largest ship in the world until 1935.

The image is taken from a ticket jacket for this steamer sold by the Cunard White Star office in Prague at No. 66 Wenceslas Square (Václavské náměstí čís. 66).

You can see scans of an original ticket and ticket jacket from 21 August 1924 and read of a family's immigration to the U.S. on this vessel, and see several other postcards of the ship here. (It does take a while to load.)
http://theunguardedasylum.com/Family%20History%20Page%2010.html

More history of the ship on these pages:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Bismarck
http://www.greatships.net/majestic2.html

oriain, United States of America
oriain said:
posted over 12 years ago

Awesome card!

SilverrLinings, Canada
posted over 8 years ago

this is the most beautiful postcard ever, and with the story behind it, it becomes breathtaking, I would feel honored if I had this in my collection, beautiful story!

david2051, United States of America
david2051 said:
posted over 8 years ago

I'm really sad to see that the family history web page is no longer available. I found some of the story at this link, but not the scan of the ticket cover. :-(

http://ninetyfirstplace.blogspot.com/2009/11/notes-for-family-history-2-deducing.html

More information about the ship can be found here. http://www.gjenvick.com/HistoricalBrochures/WhiteStarLine/RMS-Majestic/1922/index.html

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