Normandie: A Photographic Portrait
Normandie Galleries
Normandie under construction
Exterior Views
- Le Havre 1938
- Normandie Departs : Bow View
- An arrival in Southampton
- Bow view, New York 1935
- At New York 1935
- Le Havre 1938 Boat Deck and Lifeboat
- Normandie and the tender Minotaure at Le Havre
- Funnel and Tennis Court 1938
- Le Havre 1938 First Funnel
- Normandie and the wreck of the Paris
- 1937 Promenade Deck
- Sun Deck 1937
- View over the bow 1937
- Le Havre 1938 Boat Deck
- New York skyline
Interior Views
- Alencon Suite
- Normandie: Grill Room Staircase Looking into Smoking Room 1935
- Dining Room
- Lounge Panel
- Smoking Room Decorative Panel
- First Class Writing Room
- Tourist Class Library
- Tourist Class Longe
- Tourist Class Dining Room
- First Class Cabin (1)
- 3rd Class Smoke Room
- Third Class Lounge
- First Class Cabin (2)
- First Class Cabin with Terrace
- Ladies Lounge
- First Class Library
- First Class Dining Saloon
- First Class Cabin With Balcony
- Passenger in a bar on the Normandie
- Smoke Room
- Grill Room Stair down to Smoke Room
- Lounge Colour Photograph
- Bas Relief in one of the public rooms
- First Class Lounge
- Huge Doors!
- Lobby and Lifts
- Sitting Room
- Stateroom View
- One of the Public Rooms
- Stateroom
- Stateroom
- Stateroom View
- Sitting Room
- Stateroom with hideaway bed
- Stateroom
- Stateroom
- Stateroom
- Stateroom
- Stateroom
- Tourist Class Lounge
- Tourist Class dIning Room
The Klein Album
An American by the name of Ralph Klein travelled to and from Europe during the summer of 1936 aboard CGT Liners. In this photo taken upon arrival in Le Havre he captured the newly renovated Normandie, the ship upon which he would return to the United States, soon after her return to service.
- Tourist Class Sun Deck Looking Towards First Class Suites. 1936
- Normandie Southampton 1936
- Normandie Starboard Side Southampton 1936
- Normandie Southampton 1936. View towards the stern.
- Boarding at Southampton
- Normandie Southampton 1936. Boarding
- Normandie 1936. View over the stern.
- Normandie Southampton 1936. Showing her famous roll.
- Normandie southampton 1936. More of her roll.
- The deck showing a funnel and the radio arrays
- Stern View
Maiden Voyage
- Normandie Departs : Bow View
- Normandie Maiden Voyage
- Normandie Maiden Voyage Departure
- Normandie Maiden Voyage : Bow View
- Normandie (Dropping the Pilot?)
- Normandie Maiden Arrival Stern View
- Americana and Normandie Maiden Arrival NYC.
Model Scrapbook
A series of photos taken by a first class passenger on the maiden voyage. Her scrapbook contains over 150 photos taken aboard the Normandie and the Paris, each of them in the common 2″x2″ from the the 1930s. Although the woman is not identifed by name in the scrapbook, she strongly resembles Mlle. Lude, one of the Vogue models known to have made the crossing.
- Posing by the Illuminated sign
- Posing by the Illuminated sign
- Model Scrapbook
- Champlain’s Illuminated Sign
- Passenger at the rail
- By the rail
- Posing on deck
- Swinging on the deck
- Funnel gymnastics!
- Fencing on deck
- Arrival in New York
- Funnel Smoke
- Boat deck
- Swimming pool
- Sunshine over the stern
- Interior deck view
- Relaxing in the sun
- Friends relaxing on deck
- Posing by SS Paris lifering
- First class passengers
- Funnel gymnastics!
- Looking forward
- VIP Tour
- Wake
- Novelist Colette
- Colette on the Promenade Deck
- Arrival in New York
- Arrival in New York
- Crowds on the Pier
- VIP Tour
- VIP Tour
- VIP Tour
- SS Paris arrives in New York
- SS Paris Bow
- SS Paris at dock
The Rio Cruise
- Rio Cruise – Brochure Cover
- Rio Cruise Brochure – Map and Itinerary
- World’s largest and fastest liner to make special voyage to Rio de Janeiro
- Staterooms and Suites for Every Desire – Rio Brochure (Page 4)
- Handsome Public Rooms – Rio Cruise (Page 5)
- Sun Deck Suites
- Corner of an Outside Stateroom
- Outside staterooms
- Cafe Grill
- Information for Cruise Members
- Main Deck – Rouen Suite
- The Grand Stairway
- Entrance to the Chapel
- Deckplan
- Deckplan
- Rio Cruise – Back Cover
New York and Fire
- Normandie: December 25 1939
- Normandie New York City 1940
- December 1941
- 1941 View
- Normandie Burns
- Tinted view of the fire 1942 (1)
- Tinted view of the fire 1942
- Pictorial Review Cover 1942
- After the fire
- After the fire
- Normandie Postfire
- After the fire close up
- Tugs guide Normandie (USS Lafayette) to the scrapyard
- Normandie (USS Lafayette) being towed to the scrapyard
- Tugs tow the Normandie to the scrapyard
- Sailing by the bridge