A little photograph of an unidentified steamer at Oban in August 23, 1913 reveals an interesting story.  The steamer is the Kronprinzessin Cecilie, built at Kiel in 1905 she was carrying a group of German Doctors on a cruise of British seaside resorts. A contemporary report tells of the reaction they had from the natives of Oban. “German Doctor’s Cruise.—Impressions of their visits to seaside resorts. “About 150 German doctors, who are on a cruise round the British Isles after their visit to the International Medical Congress in London, arrived at Oban in the Hamburg-American liner Kronprinzessin Cecilie. Most of the doctors came ashore, and many drove in brakes to Dunstaffanage Castle. Several expressed surprise that Oban was so unlike most seaside resorts, with no beach, promenade, band, or pierrots. ” “Why are the people at your watering-places so very...