amerika

"The Amerika, the largest ship in the world, is 687 feet long, 74 feet 6 inches wide, and 53 feet deep. She can carry about 4,000 passengers and crew." (Hamburg-American Steamship Line) – NY Times reporting on maiden voyage, October 11, 1905. "USS America (ID # 3006), 1917-1919. Originally the German passenger liner Amerika (1905-1917). Later the U.S. Army Transport America (1919-1920), the U.S.passenger liner America (1921-1940) and the U.S. Army Transport Edmund B. Alexander (1940-1957)" – Dept of the Navy

I concur - according to references by Arnold Kludas, she was originally the German Amerika, and after being seized by the US upon declaration of war with Germany, was renamed the America.

Is there some irony there?

She also was, in 1913, no longer the largest ship in the world -- the Imperator was, which probably explains all the pictures of its maiden voyage to NYC and the juxtaposition of this picture with it.

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Broadway and Nassau street do not intersect, but I have a sneaky suspicion that this image was taken from Nassau and Maiden ln looking towards Broadway.