May 11, 1931: President Franklin D. Roosevelt, his son Elliott and an unidentified officer (possibly the captain)
on board Aquitania.

 

May 11, 1931: President Franklin D. Roosevelt and an unidentified man on board Aquitania.

 

November 1931: Aquitania's bow crashing through the sea during a storm on the North Atlantic.

Photo from the collection of Valentine Joseph Ives (1895-1972)
Courtesy of Katherine Ashley and Christine Gatenby

 

November 1931: Aquitania's deck awash during a storm on the North Atlantic.

Photo from the collection of Valentine Joseph Ives (1895-1972)
Courtesy of Katherine Ashley and Christine Gatenby

 

November 1931: High seas seen from the Aquitania during a storm on the North Atlantic.

Photo from the collection of Valentine Joseph Ives (1895-1972)
Courtesy of Katherine Ashley and Christine Gatenby