Keywords: monochrome outdoor Lot-9429-10: U.S. Charters This Ship To Return Enemy Diplomats Home. Chartered by the United States government, the Swedish passenger liner Drottningholm is seen arriving at a U.S. port from Goteborg, Sweden, with 114 Americans who had been stranded in Sweden since the beginning of the war. Soon she will sail for Lisbon, Portugal, to return German and Italian diplomats to their homes. On the return voyage, she will carry a group of American diplomats. Painted a brilliant white, with the word “Diplomat” lettered on her sides, she has been granted safe conduct by the American, British, and German governments. Office of War Information Photograph, 5-8 May 1942. Original photograph is small. (2015/12/18). Lot-9429-10: U.S. Charters This Ship To Return Enemy Diplomats Home. Chartered by the United States government, the Swedish passenger liner Drottningholm is seen arriving at a U.S. port from Goteborg, Sweden, with 114 Americans who had been stranded in Sweden since the beginning of the war. Soon she will sail for Lisbon, Portugal, to return German and Italian diplomats to their homes. On the return voyage, she will carry a group of American diplomats. Painted a brilliant white, with the word “Diplomat” lettered on her sides, she has been granted safe conduct by the American, British, and German governments. Office of War Information Photograph, 5-8 May 1942. Original photograph is small. (2015/12/18). |