Red Star Line Westernland
Original vintage cruise travel advertising poster for Red Star Line featuring an image of the SS Westernland transatlantic ocean liner sailing on a lightly choppy sea in front of a red star and route map in the background connecting America and Europe across the Atlantic Ocean marking the cities of Halifax New York Plymouth Southampton Cherbourg and Anvers with the bold title text diagonally above, stylised clouds and a blank information box below. Founded in 1871, the Red Star Line provided transatlantic shipping and transportation services until the company was taken over by Holland America Line in 1935 after being declared bankrupt. The SS Westernland was launched as the Regina in Scotland in 1917 and became a troop ship after WWI repatriating US troops from England to America in 1918; she was renamed Westernland in 1929 and provided passenger voyages for Red Star Line from 1930-1939; during WWII she served as a troop ship, repair ship and depot ship; she was scrapped in Northumberland in 1947. Printed by L Gaudio, Anvers, Belgium. Good condition, repaired tears, minor staining, backed on linen, linen trimmed in top right corner.
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