LEHIGH: 1919 - Newsstand promo w/ sinking photos from 1941 - Stationery & cachets as well as destination info

as well as destination info

Initially the ARGENTINA MARU had three classes with a large 3rd Class area for immigrants

Another photo shows a middle-aged black man ringing a chime

it is from around the time of the ship’s maiden voyage in 1956

A large aerial shows off the OCEAN MONARCH's newly-added pool-deck rump

LEHIGH: 1919 - Newsstand promo w/ sinking photos from 1941 - Stationery & cachets as well as destination infoUnited States Lines A 12" by 19" newsstand promo issued by the "Illustrated Current News" showing the dramatic sinking of the S. S. LEHIGH. According to the caption, the LEHIGH was sunk off the coast of Sierra Leone by a torpedo on October 19, 1941. All forty four crew escaped to lifeboats. One had the wherewithal to grab his camera and snap these photos of the ship going down. The LEHIGH was well marked with neutrality flags. The German U boat