Vintage photograph, “King Neptune ceremony on the SS Argentina, Saturday, June 25, 1955” in the Atlantic Ocean. The banner reads, “Behold the King and His Conch.” The line-crossing ceremony is an initiation rite that commemorates a person's first crossing of the Equator. SS Argentina was a US turbo-electric ocean liner. SOURCE: ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH

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Size: 4945px × 3354px
Photo credit: © Old Paper Studios / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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