Various: pre-war - Circa 1874 State Line fleet brochure w/ deck plansState Steamship Company A twelve page, circa 1874 fleet brochure (3. 5" by 6") with information on the newly formed State Line. The line was founded in 1872 to sail the Glasgow New York route. The original fleet of six is listed: STATE OF ALABAMA (1873), STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA (1873), STATE OF VIRGINIA (1873), STATE OF GEORGIA (1873), STATE OF INDIANA (1874), and STATE OF NEVADA (1874). Glowing text lauds the luxury onboard: "The elegant Saloon is

Mom always won

and the First Class Lounge was redecorated into a ballroom

Prominently displayed is the BREMEN's massive single stack

"Ship and staff

and a double cabin

Inside are many color photos of the deluxe interiors

and turned her into a troop ship

Rapallo Lounge

Up top on Boat Deck there were a few cabins and a "Tea Room" with a fireplace

B Deck was mainly given over to the "Special Class"

The former ship went to the scrappers in the mid-1980s while the VICTORIA sailed on as the missionary ship ANASTASIS

revealing tight accommodations due to her narrow 40-foot beam