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Star Line: A magnificent album created by Thomas Ismay and White Star Line to commemorative the TEUTONIC's participation in the Diamond Jubilee Naval Review at Spithead in honor of Queen Victoria's 60th year on the throne.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn June 26, 1897, a large fleet including twenty-one battleships and fifty-six cruisers gathered. White Star's TEUTONIC of 1889 also attended, and for the event the ship was outfitted with guns to show off the possibilities of liners as armed cruisers. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhite Star head Thomas Ismay invited England's most illustrious personalities of the era to join him onboard. The very rare album was created in limited numbers by Ismay as a gift for his guests. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne recipient was Welsh-American explorer Henry Morton Stanley who, upon finding a lost British missionary in Zanzibar, uttered the oft-repeated line, \"Dr. Livingston, I presume?\" Thomas Ismay inscribed the album, \"To Mr. H.M. Stanley, with kind regards, from Ths. H. Ismay 28 October 1898.\" Ismay died a year later in 1899.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book measures 2\" by 15\" by 19.5\" and is bound in dark blue leather with gold lettering. 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Bruce Ismay, and photos of the new super liner OCEANIC during construction.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe outside of the album is in fair condition.  The leather covering has come loose in places and there is wear to the edges.  The interior pages are still held firmly by the binding and are in very good condition.\u003c\/p\u003e"}