Feb 03, 2011 - Sale 2235

Sale 2235 - Lot 310

Unsold
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
(NORTH GERMAN LLOYD LINE.) "Steuben." Croisières Nordiques. S. S. "Steuben." Color lithographed poster with the ship in the background along a Scandinavian coastline, 40 1/2x25 1/4 inches (1030x640 mm); closed tears, slightly toned; linen-backed. Germany, 1938

Additional Details

The twin-screw liner started her career in 1922 as the "München." In 1931 she was renamed "General von Steuben." In the same year that this poster was issued she was renamed "Steuben" (1938). In 1945 she was torpedoed by a Russian submarine while carrying about 4000 refugees, more than 2400 of them perished.
with--3 pieces of NGL ephemera: Brochure for Scandinavian cruises. December 1938 German language cruise list for 1939. November 1938 Brochure for "Steuben." 9x4 inch format. April 1931.