Steamer Eastern States

Original Vintage Card
  
Sale Price: $6.95
Original Price: $14.95

Stock #:361081
Type: Postcard
Era: Divided Back
Publisher: A.C. Dietsche
Postmark: 1909 Jul-31
Postmark City: Detroit
Postmark State: MI
Stamp: 1c
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

Additional Details:
The twin steamers Eastern States and Western States, owned by the Detroit and Buffalo line, are among the largest, handsomest and fastest passenger ships on the Great Lakes. They are licensed to carry 3,500 passengers, have a speed in mid-lake of 20 miles an hour and make the 260 mile trip over the Buffalo-Detroit run in 14 hours, practically carrying all passengers between these ports during the summer months

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