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“La France,” New York, New York, January, 1968
“La France,” New York, New York, January, 1968.
The longest luxury liner of her time at 1037 feet, comparable to the length of a Nimitz class aircraft carrier, “La France” is seen sailing majestically past lower Manhattan in January 1968, likely on her way to Le Havre, France.
Lady Luck was definitely with me on this sunny day when I was on semester break in New York during my sophomore year at Purdue University.
I knew of this ship, but I never expected to see it, much less against the skyline of Lower Manhattan in perfect weather. Having the right photographic equipment with me allowed this once-in-a-lifetime shot of what was then the largest most modern luxury steamship in the world.
Taken with a Yashica J-5 SLR equipped with a 90-230mm f4.5 Yashinon Zoom lens at 230mm on Kodak film, this image of “La France” departing New York reflects a bygone era of luxury steamship travel.
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