Abstract Advertisement for White Star Line voyages from the Times of London, February 1912, including a mention of the TITANIC's maiden voyage: "TITANIC SAILS FIRST VOYAGE WED. April 10TH." Other ships listed include the OCEANIC, CELTIC, MEGANTIC and ADRIATIC. There are also two mentions on this clipping of the "Times Book Club." Established in 1905 on Oxford Street in London as a way to increase subscriptions to the Times of London, the Times Book Club was both a lending library, free for...

Abstract A brochure advertising first class travel from New York to Europe on the QUEEN MARY and QUEEN ELIZABETH. The photographs are in full color and, compared to earlier advertising, they are full of people. There are glamorous people in the dining room and dancing, people in staterooms, a businessman dictating to a female shipboard secretary in uniform, and women on deck and at the swimming pool and beauty parlor. The cover is purple and blue with a large stylized "Q." Undated, but probably from...

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Sailing cards (used to advertise vessel qualifications and sailing dates) for a number of well-known vessels, including the DAVID CROCKETT, GREAT REPUBLIC, and YOUNG AMERICA, and other vessels, including several for other vessels built in Mystic, Connecticut.

Abstract Collection, 1816-1972, of Richard Columbus Mears. Includes letters to and from Mears and primarily his daughter Nellie Goodsell Mears, but also including his extended family, friends, and business associates discussing personal matters, financial matters, and news from home and abroad. The collection also contains personal accounts that include purchases Mears made on his many journeys for himself and his family and friends, papers detailing an inheritance dispute, and bills his daughter...

Abstract A Cunard White Star brochure about third class travel on the QUEEN MARY, probably issued around the time of its maiden voyage in 1936. The cover has a dramatic view of the ship, and the interior has attractive drawings of the ship's accommodations as well as a stylized drawing of its shape. The text argues that "Third Class in the 'QUEEN MARY' is a revelation in spaciousness and modern travel comfort. Many entirely new features have been introduced which were formerly only associated with...