Le Havre — The Steamship "PARIS" — G. F. Le Havre

Description

Colorized postcard depicting the steamship "Paris", described as the largest, most beautiful, and most modern of French transatlantic ships, in service between Le Havre and New York. Printed text details its characteristics: 233 meters long, 26 meters wide, 37,000 tonnes gross register, with a crew of 664, 98 first-class passengers, 468 second-class passengers, and 2,100 third-class passengers. On the reverse, correspondence addressed to Madame Biech in Dijon, with a 25-centime French postage stamp and cancellation "LE HAVRE".