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The Andrea Doria with Julia Hansen

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Julia Hansen will recount the story of being rescued at sea when as a little girl she and her mother were welcomed onto the Ile de France.  She will share her harrowing experience of being on the Andrea Doria off Nantucket when it collided with the Stockholm.  Her talk will also include a brief summary of the history of transatlantic passenger travel and insights into a glamorous bygone era.

 

Julia Hansen, a Vassar graduate, has spoken at The Society for the Four Arts in Palm Beach, the English Speaking Union in New Orleans, the Somerset Club in Boston, The Colony Club in New York, The Maritime Museum in Bath Maine and the Arts Club in Chicago.

 

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