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Steamship “The Atlantic”

Image of colorized painting of the steamer ship "The Atlantic" that would have transported the members of the Paris Crew team on their transatlantic journey from North America to Europe. The ship itself is brown with red accents along the hull, there are three masts and an external turbine on its side. The ocean waves are a mixture of blues and brown, with billowing white clouds. Three other ships are accompanying "The Atlantic" in the portrait sporting various flags from different nations, as well as nautical flags used during that time to identify the vessels.

Painting by Louis Gamain. National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, 78-18091

Excerpt from a painting of the vessel called ‘The Atlantic’ which transported the team from New York, United States of America to Southampton, England.

“The Paris Crew” travelled from Saint John to Portland, Maine then to New York, New York and across the Atlantic to Southampton, England and then to Paris, France on a steam paddle ship.