Days Gone By

The British liner RMS Queen Mary arrives in New York harbor, 20 June 1945, with thousands of U.S. troops from Europe.

Source: US Navy

USS Lafayette after catching fire at New York harbor, 9 February 1942.

Source: National Archives and Records Administration

Normandie, renamed USS Lafayette, lies capsized in the frozen mud of her New York Pier, 22 February 1942.

The Grand Salon of the SS France (1912).

The Mixed Salon aboard the SS France (1912).

The Eaton’s Santa Claus Parade on James Street, 1918, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. At the end of the parade, Santa would climb from his float up a ladder into the Eaton’s department store.

Source: Archives of Ontario

The SS Eastland docked, ca. 1916.

Eastland disaster, the Kenosha, a tugboat, rescuing survivors from the hull of the overturned steamer, Chicago, Illinois, 24 July 1915.

Source: Library of Congress

The Maine entering Havana harbor, January 1898.

Sailors unloading the coffins of children from the Lady Grey following the sinking of the RMS Empress of Ireland, Quebec, Canada, May 1914.

Source: Library of Congress