FREE: SS Ile de France French Line CGT ocean liner ship Passenger List August 30 1931

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This 90 year old ships brochure is in very nice condition. The binding is firm, all pages are present ...there is no writing nor water stains on the item. You will notice an envelope behind the passenger list that is only serving as a firmer backing so I may photograph it on my small desk top keyboard with it not moving, if that makes sense.

The SS Île de France was a French ocean liner built in Saint-Nazaire, France for Compagnie Générale Transatlantique. The ship was the first major ocean liner built after the conclusion of World War I, and was the first liner ever to be decorated entirely with designs associated with the Art Deco style. She was neither the largest ship nor the fastest, but was considered the most beautifully decorated built by CGT (also known as the "French Line") until the Normandie.

The construction of the Île de France was part of an agreement between the CGT and the French government dating back to November 1912. This agreement was for the construction of four passenger-mail ships, with the first ship named Paris and the second, Île de France. World War I delayed construction until the 1920s, with the Paris being launched in 1916 and not entering service until 1921 and the Île de France during 1927. The Île de France was launched on 14 March 1926 at the shipyard Chantiers de Penhoët and was greeted by thousands of government and company officials, workers, press, and French citizens. The ship would experience fourteen months of fitting-out before it left the shipyards on 29 May 1927 for its sea trials.

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