viktorialuise

she is pretty

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Victoria_Luise_of_Prussia

Information about the S.S. Deutschland that was renamed the Viktoria Luise from 1910-1921.

the web being what it is, there is some slightly contradictory information floating around. Wikipedia seems to imply that as soon as she was converted to a cruise ship, she was painted all white (as seen here on a company postcard , oceanlinerpostcards.blogspot.com/2007_06_01_archive.html .) however, clearly the name came before the paint job. Since the postcard seems to be from 1911, and the ship was renamed and re-purposed in 1910, this is probably her initial voyage into New York under her new name, because of her dressed out flags. her initial claim to fame: Launched in 1900, she won the Blue Riband from the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse of the North German Lloyd line, crossing the Atlantic Ocean in just a little over five days.

Some more clues from the NY Times Archive OLD DEUTSCHLAND IN PORT.; She's the Victoria Luise Now and the Largest Cruising Steamer Afloat. RIVAL WORLD CRUISES.; Speedy, Deutschland Is Being Rebuilt for Leisurely Voyaging.

Another Bain/LOC photo of the Victoria Luise:

If my sight is correct: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Viktoria_Luise_of_Prussia and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchess_Cecilie_of_Mecklenburg-Schw... so the photo was probably made between 1905 and 1913.

Princess Viktoria is a wonderful princess.

This image has been used in an indicommons.org Best of the Library of Commons post, as chosen by captainslack.

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