Passenger Ship Ephemera Collection
Scope and Content
Researchers have long disputed the definition of "passenger ship". Definitions range anywhere between a ship with minimum cabin accommodations for twelve, to one accommodating fifty passengers; and from minimum gross tonnage of 2,500, to 6,000 tons. The original purpose of these vessels varied greatly. Many were originally cargo ships, and others were built to carry emigrants. Some were constructed specifically to be passenger cruise ships. As passenger ships, some only carried passengers seasonally, when not carrying cargo, for instance. Many of these vessels changed names and/or companies throughout their lifetimes. Some companies or passenger lines themselves were bought out and therefore took on new names.
Dates
- Creation: 1896 - 1995
Restrictions on Access
Available for use in the Manuscripts Division.
Restrictions on Use
Various copying restrictions apply. Guidelines are available from the Manuscripts Division.
Extent
21 box(es) (1366 piece(s))
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Postcards, brochures, menus, time-tables, tickets and other ephemeral material collected by Mystic Seaport, relating to vessels that carried passengers, even if that vessel had other primary functions.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in three series, one organized by vessel name, and the second by cruise line depending on whether the information is about a specific vessel or about a corporate cruise line. In each of these series the items are further arranged alphabetically. The third series is comprised of postcards that relate to steamships, but have no apparent connection to a particular vessel or liner. These have been arranged alphabetically by geographic region.
Vessel List
- ACHILLE LAURO
- ALEXANDER PUSHKIN
- ALLER
- AMERICA
- AMERIKA
- AMERIKANIS
- ANCERVILLE
- ANDANIA
- ANDES
- ANDREA DORIA
- ANGELINA LAURO
- ANTILLES
- AQUITANIA
- ARGONAUT
- ARIADNE
- AROSA STAR (ex BORINQUEN)
- ASCANIA
- ATHOS
- ATLANTIC
- ATLANTIS
- AUGUSTUS
- AUSONIA
- AUSTRALIS
- AYVAZOVSKIY (See: UKRAINA)
- BAHAMA STAR
- BALTIC
- BATORY
- BATOY (See: STEPHEN BATOY)
- BERENGARIA
- BERGENSFIORD
- BERMUDA STAR
- BERLIN
- BOHEME
- BORINQUEN (See: AROSA STAR)
- BREMEN
- BRITANIS
- BRITANNIC
- CALABRIA
- CALEDONIA
- CALIFORNIA
- CAMERONA
- CANADA STAR
- CARINTHIA
- CARLA C.
- CARL SCHURZ
- CARMANIA
- CARONIA
- CEDRIC
- COLOMBIE
- COLONIAL EXPLORER
- COLUMBIA
- COLUMBUS
- CONTE BIANCAMANO
- CONTE DI SAVOIA
- CRISTOFORO COLOMBO
- CROCIERE (See: Costa Line)
- CROWN ODYSSEY
- CRYSTAL HARMONY
- DAPHNE
- DELTA QUEEN
- DEUTSCHLAND
- DIXIE
- DONAUSTAR
- EAGLE
- ELLINIS
- EMERALD SEAS
- EMPRESS OF BRITAIN
- EMPRESS OF CANADA
- EMPRESS OF JAPAN
- EMPRESS OF SCOTLAND
- EMS
- ESPENIA
- EUROPA
- EXECUTIVE EXPLORER
- EXPLORER STARSHIP
- FEDERICO C.
- FLANDRE
- FLAVIA
- FRANCE
- FRANCONIA
- FREEPORT
- FRIESLAND
- FRONTIER SPIRIT
- GEORGE WASHINGTON
- GOLDEN ODYSSEY
- GRIPSHOLM
- HAMBURG
- HANSEATIC
- HENDRICK HUDSON
- HIMALAYA
- HOMERIC
- HOMERIC
- ILE DE FRANCE
- ILLIRIA
- IMPERATOR
- INDEPENDENCE
- IVERNA
- IZARRA
- JASON
- JERUSALEM
- KAISER WILHELM DER GROSSE
- KONIG ALBERT
- KRONPRINZ WILHELM
- KRONPRINZESSIN CECILIE
- KUNGSHOLM
- LA MARSEILLAISE (See: AROSA SKY)
- LA MARSEILLAISE
- LA TOURAINE
- LACONIA
- LAPLAND
- LEONARDO DA VINCI
- LEVIATHAN
- LIBERTE ex EUROPA
- LIBERTE
- LINDBLAD EXPLORER
- LUCANIA
- LURLINE
- LUSITANIA
- MAJESTIC
- MANCHURIA
- MANHATTAN
- MARCONI
- MARDI GRAS
- MARIPOSA
- MARTHA
- MAURETANIA (Launched 1907)
- MAURETANIA (Launched 1939)
- MERION
- MICHELANGELO
- MINETONKA
- MINNEWASKA
- MISSISSIPPI
- MONARCH OF BERMUDA
- MONTEREY
- NANTUCKET CLIPPER
- NASSAU
- NEPTUNE
- NEW YORK
- NEWPORT CLIPPER
- NIEU AMSTERDAM
- NOORDAM
- NOORDLAND
- NORMANDIE
- NORTH FORK
- NORTH STAR
- NORWAY
- OBEROI SHEHRAZAD
- OCEANIC
- OCEAN ISLANDER
- OCEAN MONARCH
- OCEAN PEARL
- OCEAN PRINCESS
- ODYSSEUS
- OLYMPIC
- ORANJE
- ORIENTAL EMPRESS
- ORPHEUS
- ORSOVA
- OSLOFJORD
- PARIS
- PEARL OF SCANDINAVIA
- PENDENNIS CASTLE
- PILSUDSKI
- POLARIS
- PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
- PRESIDENT WILSON
- PRETORIA
- PRINSENDAM
- PROVIDENCE
- QUEEN ANNA MARIA
- QUEEN ELIZABETH
- QUEEN ELIZABETH II
- QUEEN MARY
- QUEEN OF BERMUDA
- REGENT SEA
- REGENT STAR
- REGINA MAGNA (1973)
- REGINA PRIMA
- REINA DEL MAR
- REINA DEL PACIFICO
- RENAISSANCE
- REX
- ROCHAMBEAU
- ROMA
- ROTTERDAM
- ROYAL ODYSSEY
- ROYAL PRINCESS
- ROYAL VIKING SEA
- ROYAL VIKING SKY
- ROYAL VIKING STAR
- ROYAL VIKING SUN
- SAGAFJORD
- SAMARIA
- SANTA LUCIA
- SANTA MARIA
- SANTA PAULA
- SATURNIA
- SATURNIA
- SAVANNAH
- SAXONIA
- SCYTHIA
- SEA BIRD
- SEA CLOUD
- SEA GODDESS
- SEA GODDESS II
- SEA LION
- SEA PRINCESS
- SEA VENTURE
- SEABOURNE PRIDE
- SEABOURNE SPIRIT
- SEAWISE UNIVERSITY (ex QUEEN ELIZABETH)
- SKYWARD
- SOCIETY EXPLORER
- SOUTHWARD
- STARWARD
- STATENDAM
- STAVANGERFJORD
- STEFAN BATORY
- STELLA SOLARIS
- STEPHEN BATOY (See: BATOY)
- SUNWARD
- SYLVANIA
- THEODOR KOERNER
- TRADEWIND
- TRINIDAD
- UKRAINA
- UNITED STATES
- URUGUAY
- VISTAFJORD
- VOLENDAM
- VULCANIA
- WILHELM GUSTLOFF
- WORLD DISCOVERER
- WORLD RENAISSANCE
- YORKTOWN CLIPPER
- YOUNG AMERICA
Lines Included
- Abercrombie & Kent
- Admiral Line
- All Lines
- American Canadian Caribbean Line
- American Cruise Lines, Inc.
- American Export Lines
- American Hawaii Line
- American Pioneer Line
- American President Lines
- American Republics Line
- Anchor Line
- Argosy Tours (division of Salen-Lindblad Cruising)
- Atlantic Transport Line
- Baltic Shipping Company
- Baltimore & Philadelphia Steamboat Co.
- Barber Line
- Barber-Wilhelmsen Line
- Bibby Brothers and Co.
- Bibby Line
- British India Steam Navigation, Ltd. (P&O)
- Burns and Laird
- Canadian Pacific Line
- Canadian Pacific Steamships, Ltd.
- Carnival Cruise Lines
- Carras
- Chandris Lines
- Chargeurs Reunis
- Chesapeake Steamship Co.
- Clipper Cruise Line
- Clyde-Mallory Lines
- Colombian Mail Steamship Co.
- Compagnie Generale Transatlantique
- Compagnie Maritime Des Chargeurs Reunis
- Compania Transatlantica Espanola
- Costa Line
- Cunard Line
- Cunard Steam Ship Co., Ltd.
- Cunard White Star Line
- D&C Lake Lines
- Delta Lines
- Donaldson Line
- Eastern Steamship Lines, Inc.
- Ellerman Lines Ltd.
- Epirotiki Lines
- Ericsson Line
- Exploration Cruise Lines
- Fern-Ville Line
- Ferries Management Corp.
- French Line
- Furness Bermuda Line
- Furness Lines
- Furness Prince Line
- Furness Red Cross Line
- Furness Withy Group
- Gdynia-America Shipping Lines, Ltd.
- German Atlantic Line
- Grace Line
- Grace Steamship Co.
- Great Lakes Transit Corp.
- Great Southern Freight Line
- Greek Line
- Greene Line
- Green Line Steamers, Inc.
- Hamburg-American Line
- Hapag-Lloyd
- Hapaq-Lloyd
- Holland-America Line
- Home Lines
- Hudson River Day Line
- International Mercantile Marine Co.
- Italia Line
- Italian Line
- Klaveness Line
- Koln-Dusseldorfer
- Lauro Lines
- Lloyd Triestino
- Lykes Brothers Steamship Co., Inc.
- Manchester Liners, Ltd.
- Matson Line
- Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.
- Munson Steamship Line
- Ned Lloyd Lines, Inc.
- Nederlandsch-Amerikaansche Stoomvart Maatschappij
- New Jersey Central Line
- New York & Porto Rico Steamship Co.
- Norddeutscher Lloyd
- North German Lloyd
- Norwegian Caribbean Lines
- Norwegian Cruise Lines
- Ocean Cruise Lines
- Ocean Steamship Co.
- Oceanic Steamship Co.
- Orient Overseas Line
- Overseas Shipping Company
- P&O Lines
- Pacific Far East Line, Inc.
- Paquet Lines
- Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co.
- Polish Ocean Line
- Porto Rico Line
- Prince Line
- Princess Cruise Line
- Prudential Lines
- Quebec Steamship Co.
- Raymond & Whitcomb's Tours
- Regency Cruises
- Renaissance Cruises
- Royal Mail Steam Packet Co.
- Royal Viking Line
- Scandinavian-American Line
- Seaborn Cruise Line
- Shaw Co.
- Shaw Savill Line
- Siosa Lines
- Sitmar
- Smithfield Line
- Smithfield, Newport News & Norfolk Steamship Company
- Soc. pu Azioni de Navigazione
- Societa di Navigazione
- Spanish Line
- Special Expeditions
- Standard Fruit and Steamship Co.
- Svenska Amerika Linien
- Swedish American Line
- Thos. Cook & Son
- Union-Castle Mail Steamship Co., Ltd.
- United Fruit Co. Steamship Corp.
- United States Lines
- Waterman Steamship Corp.
- White Star Line
- Zim Lines
- Title
- Passenger Ship Ephemera Collection (Coll. 283)
- Status
- Completed
- Subtitle
- An Inventory of Records at the G. W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Manuscripts Repository
G. W. Blunt White Library
Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc.
112 Greenmanville Avenue
Mystic CT 06355 United States
860.572.5367
collections@mysticseaport.org