Object Details
Description
A souvenir from a voyage across the Atlantic on the ocean liner Leviathan. The box, card backs, and the Ace of spades all carry the emblem used by the United States Lines between 1923 and 1929.
The ocean liner Leviathan was built as the Vaterland for Germany's Hamburg-American Line in 1914. During World War I the American government seized the ship and operated it as a troopship. After a complete reconditioning at Newport News, Virginia, in 1922-23, the Leviathan became the flagship of the new United States Lines, which operated it for the U.S. Shipping Board until 1929. Subsequently sold into private hands, the ship ran until 1934. Laid up as a result of high operating costs and low Depression-era patronage, the Leviathan was sold to Scottish shipbreakers in 1938 and dismantled.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Frank O. Braynard, Sea Cliff, New York
date made
ca 1925
used date
1923-1929
ID Number
1991.0856.24
catalog number
1991.0856.24
accession number
1991.0856
Object Name
Cards, Playing
Physical Description
cardboard (overall material)
red (overall color)
Measurements
overall: 3 5/8 in x 2 7/8 in x 7/8 in; 9.2075 cm x 7.3025 cm x 2.2225 cm
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Work and Industry: Maritime
America on the Move
Transportation
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1102318