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Travel Poster French Line Ile De France Steam Ship . Original vintage cruise travel poster advertising French Line trips on the Ile De France featuring the Art Deco liner sailing on a choppy sea in front of a lightly cloudy sky with the stylised logo lettering above and ship's name below. The SS Ile De France was launched in 1926 and served the transatlantic route between Europe and America until WWII when she was converted for use as a prison ship; after the war she served as a troop ship before being restored and resuming passenger services across the Atlantic Ocean; she sold to be scrapped in 1959. Founded in 1861 (having been established in 1855 by the brothers Emile and Issac Pereire), the Compagnie Generale Transatlantique CGT was a French shipping company known as French Line and Transat; it merged with Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes de Marseille in 1976 to form the Compagnie Generale Maritime CMA CGM. Horizontal. Good condition, restored folds, staining, backed on linen. Country of issue: France, designer: Marin-Marie, size (cm): 67x78, year of printing: 1950s.