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Let's continue with something rare from the archives ...
Paddlewheel steamer BAVARIA of Lake Constance (Bodensee) is seen here most likely sometime between 1936 and 1938.
Photo by Hermann Bender, scanned slide. Copyright Michael Wirth.
Built 1912 as the last and at that time fastest steamer on the lake. Rebuilt 1932 (the picture shows the ship after this rebuild) and in service until fall 1958.
Scrapped 1961.
More info on the history of this ship (in german):
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bavaria_(Schiff,_1912)
http://www.bodenseeschifffahrt.de/Artikel/Geschichte61.html
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