Queen Kapi'olani and Princess Lili'uokalani prepare to board the steamship <i>The City of Rome</i> in New York harbor for the voyage to England. Sailors man the yardarms in salute.
On their last day in 'New York' they were the guests of Commodore <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bancroft_Gherardi" class="extiw" title="en:Bancroft Gherardi">en:Bancroft Gherardi</a> at the 'Brooklyn Navy Yard', before boarding the <i>City of Rome</i> on 25 May 1887<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup>
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1887-05-25
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