LINER - KEYSTONE - Lot 277

LINER - KEYSTONE "Page boys lend hotel atmosphere to "Ile de France". Aboard the Ile de France of the French Line, which now carries besides its regular stewards twenty page boys ranging in age from 12 to 15 years, to attend to the needs of the passengers and give the ship even more of the atmosphere of a cosmopolitan hotel. In addition to the performance of their regular duties, the boys put on concerts, boxing matches ant other activities for the entertainment of the passengers. Here they are on deck putting on a display in the manly art of self defense", ca. 1930. Photograph. Vintage silver print, stamp and handwritten caption on back. Handling marks. Image: 15 x 20 cm; sheet: 16.5 x 21.5 cm