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per Wikipedia, "In 1914, the Vaterland was caught in port at Hoboken, New Jersey at the outbreak of World War I and interned by the United States." She stayed in Hoboken until she was seized in 1917, so I think the date on the negative is accurate. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburg_America_Line

SS Leviathan, originally built as the Vaterland, was an ocean liner which regularly crossed the North Atlantic from 1914 to 1934. The second of three sister ships built for Germany's Hamburg America Line for their transatlantic passenger service, she sailed as the Vaterland for less than a year before her early career was halted by the start of World War I. In 1917, she was seized by the U.S. government and renamed Leviathan. She would become known by this name for the majority of her career, both as a troopship during World War I and later as the flagship of the United States Lines. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Leviathan

"SS Leviathan, originally built as the Vaterland, was an ocean liner which regularly crossed the North Atlantic from 1914 to 1934. The second of three sister ships built for Germany's Hamburg America Line for their transatlantic passenger service, she sailed as the Vaterland for less than a year before her early career was halted by the start of World War I. In 1917, she was seized by the U.S. government and renamed Leviathan. She would become known by this name for the majority of her career, both as a troopship during World War I and later as the flagship of the United States Lines."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Leviathan

Similar photo at hoboken.pastperfectonline.com/photo/770697A8-6BFC-4ED6-9D...

Thanks Richard Norton and Art Siegel, we'll update our catalog record.

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