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NH 105840-A-KN S.S. Great Northern

Photo #: NH 105840-A-KN S.S. Great Northern
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Title: S.S. Great Northern
Description: S.S. Great Northern (American Passenger Liner, 1915) Reverse of a post card published by the Great Northern Pacific Steamship Company for sending messages written on the ship. This card, mailed at San Francisco, California, on 14 August 1916 with a cancellation stamp for that year's Panama-California International Exposition, San Diego, California, has a message describing activities on board Great Northern. See Photo # NH 105840-KN for a view of the front side of this card, with an artwork depicting S.S. Great Northern entering the Golden Gate. This ship served as USS Great Northern (ID # 4569) in 1917-1919 and USS Columbia (AG-9) in 1921-1922. Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 105840-A-KN
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