SS La Touraine Archival Collection
SS La Touraine of the CGT French Line. SS La Touraine Dinner Menue, 13 October 1906. GGA Image ID # 1e05e7b1d0
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La Touraine (1891) French Line
Built by Chantiers de Penhoet, St. Nazaire, France. Tonnage: 9,047. Dimensions: 520' x 56' (536' o.l.). Twin-screw, 19 knots. Triple expansion engines. Three masts and two funnels. Launched: March 21,1890. Maiden voyage: Havre- New York, June 20, 1891. At later date one mast was removed. Speed Record: Made a fast crossing from Havre to New York in 6 days, 18 hours. Made her final voyage to New York in 1922. Fate: Scrapped in France, 1924.
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Passenger Lists
1891-08-29 SS La Touraine Passenger List
Cabin Passenger List for the SS La Touraine of the CGT French Line, Departing 29 August 1891 from Le Havre to New York, Commanded by Captain E. Frangeul. The Minaret of Kerouan Appears on the Front Cover.
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Menus
1906-10-13 SS La Touraine Dinner Menu
Vintage Dinner Menu from 13 October 1906 on Board the SS la Touraine of the CGT French Line Featured Vol-Au-Vent Veal, Pheasant with Truffles, and Dragées Pralines Confitures for Dessert.
1906-11-10 SS La Touraine Dinner Menu
Vintage Dinner Menu from 14 September 1906 on board the SS La Touraine of the CGT French Line featured Salmis of Partridge, Roast Fillet of Beef, and Glace Plombière for dessert.
1907-03-16 SS La Touraine Dinner Menu
Vintage Dinner Menu from 16 March 1907 on board the SS La Touraine of the CGT French Line featured Sweet Bread Veal Renaissance, Fillet of Beef Pique, and Dragées Pralines Fondants Confitures for Dessert.
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Other Ephemera
Telegram from George M. Verity to Captain Newman Ebersole, La Tourraine, 6 August 1917. GGA Image ID # 1e054a6d83
1917-08-06 Telegram from Mr. Verity to SS La Tourraine Capt. Ebersole
This telegram has been typed out in the style of a letter without any of the traditional markings of a telegram. It is a copy of the farewell telegram sent to the members of the ARMCO Ambulance Corps, in care of Captain Newman Ebersole, aboard the French Line Steamship "Tourraine" [SS La Touraine], just before sailing from New York on August 7, 1917.
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