• Bain's date on negative:
    3/7(?)/11. - Wystan

Confetti throwing at the departure of the George Washington (LOC)

Bain News Service,, publisher.

Confetti throwing at the departure of the George Washington

1911 Mar. 7 (date created or published later by Bain)

1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

Notes:
 Date on the photo (3/7/11) is the arrival date of the George Washington in Bremen, Germany. Departure date from New York City was February 25, 1911. (Source: Flickr Commons project and New York Times, Feb. 25, 1911)
Title and date from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Format: Glass negatives.

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.09173

Call Number: LC-B2- 2193-15

Comments and faves

  1. Garrettc (59 months ago | reply)

    Given the year, would it be this George Washington?

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    tylerbmyers, *mare*marmalade*, foto_grafa, karlotti, and Wrong Em Boyo II added this photo to their favorites.

  3. pomponius (58 months ago | reply)

    Ocean Liner
    George Washington
    (1909-1917 - 25,570 gross tons)
    of
    Norddeutsche Lloyd (NDL)
    (North German Lloyd)

    www.simplonpc.co.uk/NDL2.html

  4. Rob Ketcherside (51 months ago | reply)

    Photo is marked 3/7/11.

    Washington Post from March 7, 1911 lists the George Washington arriving in Bremen, Germany from New York.

    New York Times from February 25, 1911 lists George Washington as sailing at 10am that morning.

    Guess is that the story ran on 3/7/1911, but the photo was taken on 2/25/1911.

  5. The Library of Congress (51 months ago | reply)

    Thanks! We'll fix the date information in the source data and reload the description.

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    blakophoto, strattonbrock, lornesett, DarkVictory19, and 3 other people added this photo to their favorites.

  7. Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (25 months ago | reply)

    SS George Washington was an ocean liner built in 1908 for the Bremen-based North German Lloyd and was named after George Washington, the first President of the United States. The ship was also known as USS George Washington (ID-3018) and USAT George Washington in service of the United States Navy and United States Army, respectively, during World War I. In the interwar period, she reverted to her original name of SS George Washington. During World War II, the ship was known as both USAT George Washington and, briefly, as USS Catlin (AP-19), in a short, second stint in the U.S. Navy.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_George_Washington_( 1908)

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    Tannybrake added this photo to his favorites. (21 months ago)

  9. This photo was invited and added to the Nautical pictures of interest. group.

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