"HAPAG"--text in shield upper right corner; HAPAG is the abbreviation for the original German name for the company, Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft. "R. Schmidt - Hamburg"--artist's signature reproduced in image, lower edge, center. "Printed in Germany by J.C. König & Ebhardt, Hannover"--text below image, lower left corner, margin. This may have been the backing for a small calendar, there is a string through the top for hanging on a wall and two parallel slits in the lower center of the print. Focus of item: Albert Ballin.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
Print ; image 28.7 x 41.7 cm (11 5/16 x 16 7/16 in.) ; overall 33 x 42.8 cm (13 x 16 7/8 in.)
Albert Ballin (Steamship) Passenger ships--Pictorial works Ocean liners--Germany--20th century--Pictorial works Steamboats--Germany--20th century--Pictorial works Ships--Germany--Pictorial works Ships--20th century--Pictorial works Steamboat lines--Germany--20th century Posters, German--20th century Hamburg-American Line Hamburg-American Line--Public relations Advertising--Shipping--20th century Posters
Source
John Haskell Kemble Collection Posters Prints and Ephemera, Huntington Digital Library
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