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S. S. Princess Anne

Original Vintage Card
  
Sale Price: $9.95
Original Price: $15.95

Stock #:481638
Type: Postcard
Era: White Border
Publisher: Curt Teich & Co.
Postmark: 1938 Sep-24
Postmark City: Elizabeth City
Postmark State: NC
Stamp: 1c
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

Additional Details:
The S. S. Princess Anne The largest and fastest Automobile and Passenger Transport of her type in the world, 260 feet long, 59 feet beam, 19 feet depth of hold, carrying 90 to 100 automobiles and 1200 passengers. Operating across Chesapeake Bay between Cape Charles, Va. and Little Creek, Va. a distance of 26 1/2 miles, crossing time 1 3/4 hours. The main connecting link of the Ocean Highway, the fastest route from "Pines to Palms".

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