A famous photograph taken by Alfred Stieglitz called The Steerage as well as descriptions of the conditions of travel in the lowest class have conflicted with her otherwise glitzy reputation as a high class, high speed trans-Atlantic liner.
The only text in the issue were comments on the photo by Paul Haviland and Marius de Zayas.
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They booked passage on the SS Kaiser Wilhelm II, one of the largest and fastest ships in the world at that time.