Aquitania (1914)
HMS / HMHS Aquitania
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February 1930: "Conducted Belgian party returns to U.S.A." on Aquitania. Bertha Beels, second woman from right (polka dot hat), went to Detroit, Michigan to work there as a servant. Her brother, Julius Beels, had emigrated in 1914 and had arranged work for her. She returned to Belgium in 1938 and remained here till her death.
(Photo courtesy of Philippe Cappon)



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





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