[Photo Album]: S.S. Bremen, Paris and London

Title: [Photo Album]: S.S. Bremen, Paris and London
Publication: Paris, London: 1900

Description: Hardcover. Oblong small quarto measuring 11" x 7". String-tied olive cloth over paper boards with "Paris 1907 London" printed on the front board. Contains 51 sepia toned gelatin silver photographs with some captions measuring between 2" x 3" and 4.5" x 6.5" affixed to stiff black paper. A good album with loose pages, toning, and lifting cloth with near fine photographs.

A photo album kept of a transatlantic journey on the German vessel S.S. *Bremen* which made stops in Paris and London before returning to the United States in 1905. The vessel built in 1896 was part of the Hamburg America Line and used the same route as the Titanic would a few years later. The album shows many of the crew and passengers posing around the ship with photos of crew members lounging and reading on the upper deck, crew members posing with a woman, and other vessels they passed on the water. Once in Paris the photographs show the streets and crowds of the city. Roughly ten photos show the group at a horse race presumably the Paris Grand Prix at Longchamp with photos of the stands and the crowd in beautiful dresses, huge feathered hats, and men in tuxes. Created by the Société d'Encouragement in 1863, the Paris Grand Prix was the leading "flat race" showcasing the "best home-bred three-year-olds" until it was surpassed in 1920 when the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe began. After Paris the company stopped in London shown here in photographs of cobblestone streets and busy town centers before returning to the Bremen and returning home. It is assumed that the photo album was put together later than the trip as the book reads "1907" while the few captions that are present read "1905."

An interesting look at sea travel and upper middle class events during the early 1900s.

Seller ID: 400480

Subject: Ephemera, Photography