Abstract A Cunard White Star ticket sleeve. It has been filled out with minimal details: "For Cabin Class Passage Per S.S. QUEEN MARY Sailing from Southampton on August 14 1958." In the upper right hand corner is written "B130 1+A." The Cunard White Star branding on this is interesting, since the White Star name was officially dropped by 1950. In small print on the back is a printing date of 1/48, so this sleeve must have been leftover. Below the ticket information on the front and continuing onto...

Abstract A note by Dr. Frank H. Blackmarr, a passenger on the CARPATHIA who created an album of photographs and text documenting the rescue of the TITANIC survivors. This note is written on his medical history notepaper. It says "Painted by Mr. Cooper on the "Carpathia" from his drawings & these photographs, placing the Carpathia in the position she occupied in relation to the large "doubled spired" iceberg, which the Titanic struck and to the boats on the left side of steamer-- coming toward...

Abstract A program for a "Grand Concert" held in the Cabin Dining Saloon on the CARONIA on August 28, 1925. The chairman for the concert was R.S. Hudson, Esq., a British Member of Parliament who would later be the Minister for Agriculture. The CARONIA's orchestra was part of the concert, but most of the other performers were passengers. H. Pembroke Dahlquist was a singer from Boston, Mr. R.R. Helriegel was from Scranton, Pennsylvania and would later be a successful banker, and Miss Hazel Huntingdon...

Abstract An entertainment programme for a concert held on the LACONIA on July 18, 1931 during a voyage from Liverpool to Boston and New York. The program is titled "Rotary Revels" and consisted of "45 Minutes of Intensive Harmony led by Mr. Harry Watson's Rotary Revellers." The concert was a benefit for institutions supporting seamen and their families, and these were to be introduced by Mr. Frank D. Fant. It was also the occasion for deck tournament prizes to be distributed, and dancing would take...

Abstract A list of "saloon" passengers from the CEPHALONIA's voyage from Boston to Liverpool departing August 1, 1896. This first class list is short, but it includes some fascinating personalities. Dr. Susan E. Crocker, traveling with her daughter Annie, was a physician in Lawrence, Massachusetts. She graduated from medical college and began practicing medicine in 1874, going on to help found the Lawrence General Hospital. Horatio W. Colony was a textile mill owner from Keene, New Hampshire....

Abstract A handwritten list, possibly of souvenirs purchased, on CARONIA writing paper. The paper has been torn off at the left. It has a heading "On Board the Cunard R.M.S. CARONIA" in red print. The handwritten list seems to have the heading "Lierz" and it seems to be a shopping list for souvenirs or a record of things purchased, with prices included. These include necklaces, watches, handkerchiefs, a cap, a door knocker, and 10 "Dickens Silhouettes." Some of the items list who they are for-- a...

Abstract A "Race Card" program from a "horse racing" event on the QUEEN MARY. This was a popular pastime on ocean liners, using small wooden horses moved along a track based on dice rolls, and with people betting on the various contestants. The horses all have tongue-in-cheek names, as do the races. The rules are also humorous: "A Horse will be disqualified and its Owner warned-off if it: (a) Kicks or jostles another Horse during the Race; (b) Hangs on to the tail of the lading Horse; (c) Acts in any...

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The Houche-Lamphere-Flint Collection contains Houche and Flint business and family correspondence, as well as Lamphere genealogy.

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A quiz game from the QUEEN MARY. Titled "Intruders," it asks which item in each row does not fit with the others. For example, "Yellow, Brown, Blue, Green, Red" or "Unicorn, Pelican, Gryphon, Centaur, Mermaid." The instructions say to return it by 3:00 p.m. to the purser's office, and there is a space at the bottom for the passenger's information and what time it was returned. On orange paper, undated.

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11X8.25" Ad for Wailes, Dove & Co.'s Bitumastic Anti-Corrosive, featuring OLYMPIC and TITANIC. From January 1912 issue of The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Blue paper.