“Servizio Di Vapore Espresso,” September 1906

North German Loyd advertising poster, 1906. Courtesy U.S. National Archives.
North German Loyd advertising poster, 1906. Courtesy U.S. National Archives.

This 1906 poster from the North German Lloyd agent in Italy, Leupold Fratelli, announces sailings of König Albert, Prinzess Irene and Königin Luise:

"Servizio Di Vapore Espresso

a doppia elicia

da Genova & New-York

toccando Napoli e Gibilterra"

Or, in English:

"Express Steamship Service

 by double screw [two propeller ships]

from Genoa & New-York

stopping at Naples and Gibraltar"