Digital Collection
2013.091.003

Postcard

"Western States"

Color postcard depicting the starboard profile of the steamer WESTERN STATES.
Printed on verso: The twin steamers Eastern States and Western States, owned by the Detroi 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 the 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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