Nov 10, 2008 - Sale 2161

Sale 2161 - Lot 84

Price Realized: $ 1,680
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
KENNETH DENTON SHOESMITH (1890-1939) CANADIAN PACIFIC / TO CANADA & U.S.A. 1933
39 7/8x24 3/4 inches, 101 1/2x63 cm. The Baynard Press.
Condition B+: repaired tears and creases in margins and image; restored pinholes in corners.
"To compete with such majestic ships as the Cunard Line's Aquitania, the French Line's Ile de France, and the United States Line's Leviathan, Canadian Pacific Steamships launched the 45,000-ton Empress of Britain in 1930 . . . it was the largest ship operated by Canadian Pacific, and proudly took its place as the flagship of the fleet." (Canadian Pacific p. 44). Canadian Pacific np and rear cover.