- Collection:
- Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library Postcard Collection
- Title:
- SS Lurline
- Date of Original:
- 1915/1930
- Subject:
- Cruise ships--Pacific Ocean
Steamboats
Postcards--Pacific Ocean - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- postcards
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Postcard (sepia tone, white border, 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches) titled: S. S. Lurline -featuring an ocean liner. SS ("steam ship") Lurline was the third Matson Lines vessel to hold that name and the last of four fast and luxurious ocean liners that Matson built for the Hawaii and Australasia runs from the West Coast of the United States. Lurline served as a troopship in World War II operated by War Shipping Administration agents serving Army troop transport requirements. Rechristened in 1963 by Chandris Lines as the (Royal Hellenic Mail Ship) RHMS Ellinis. She operated in Australasia and Oceania until 1980 as a luxury cruise ships on the Australian and New Zealand services. No descriptive text on reverse.
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-299
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-299#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-299/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 postcard
- Original Collection:
- Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library Postcard Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Moultrie-Colquitt County Library System
- Rights:
-
