Brochure: United States Lines. Proposed Sailings. Sailing List No. 16. Feb. 24, 1923. Sailing from Hoboken, N.J.

front cover panel as folded

front cover panel as folded

Name/Title

Brochure: United States Lines. Proposed Sailings. Sailing List No. 16. Feb. 24, 1923. Sailing from Hoboken, N.J.

Entry/Object ID

2013.005.0055

Scope and Content

Brochure: United States Lines. Proposed Sailings. Sailing List No. 16. February 24th, 1923. Sailing from Hoboken, N.J. Printed sheet, 9-1/8" high x 28-1/8" wide folded to 4" wide. Front panel code: 6M [6,000] Reprint. Piers 3 and 4 in Hoboken served as the American home port for the United States Lines. Passenger ships arrived and departed from here to and from Europe. A timetable or schedule for this line whose fleet was former ocean liners that had been troopships for the U.S. Army Transport Service in World War I. Most of them served that duty in Hoboken when it was the Port of Embarkation and, later, Debarkation. Many retained the same wartime name or reverted to their original designation after being converted back to civilian use. They were under the control of the United States Shipping Board. Selected text is transcribed in notes. The fleet: S.S. George Washington S.S. America S.S. President Harding S.S. Roosevelt S.S. President Adams S.S. President Garfield S.S. President Monroe S.S. President Polk S.S. President Van Buren S.S. President Arthur S.S. President Fillmore A notice states that the S.S. Leviathan would soon join the fleet (and when it did, Hoboken was nominally its American home port as part of the company, but it actually sailed from Pier 86 in Manhattan due to its size.)

Acquisition

Accession

2013.005

Source or Donor

Lukacs, Claire

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Museum Collections. Gift of a Friend of the Museum.

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1923 - 1923

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: 1923 Date(s): 1923

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

General Notes

Note

Notes: Selected text from archives 2013.005.0055 === In Service Soon The S. S. Leviathan Largest Ship Flying the American Flag ==== UNITED STATES LINES Managing Operators UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD General Offices: 45 BROADWAY, NEW YORK — THE FLEET — GEORGE WASHINGTON AMERICA PRESIDENT HARDING PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT PRESIDENT ADAMS PRESIDENT GARFIELD PRESIDENT MONROE PRESIDENT POLK PRESIDENT VAN BUREN PRESIDENT ARTHUR PRESIDENT FILLMORE NOTE—The President Van Buren, President Monroe and 'President Garfield do not carry Third Class passengers. ==== UNITED STATES LINES General Offices: 45 BROADWAY, NEW YORK Offices and General Agents IN AMERICA BOSTON....................................United States Lines 75 State Street CHICAGO......................................Frank J. Skala 110 So. Dearborn St. DETROIT................M. G. Murphy, 155 Congress St., West MONTREAL......................Canada Steamship Lines, Ltd. 9 Victoria Square MINNEAPOLIS.............................United States Lines 314 Second Avenue, South SEATTLE ......United States Lines, Railway Exchange Building, 617 Second Avenue ST. LOUIS................United States Lines, 1010 Olive Street SAN FRANCISCO..........................United States Lines 258 Montgomery St. IN EUROPE AMSTERDAM...........................Wm. H. Muller & Co. Prinz Hendrikkade 183 BERLIN........................Norddeutscher Lloyd Kajiitenbiiro Unter den Linden 1, Hotel Adlon BOULOGNE...................................Guillaume Huret 42 Rue des Ecoles BELGRADE. .. .Damjan I. Brankoritch, Palata Beogradaka Zadruja, Travnicka Ulica 1. BREMEN..................................Norddeutscher Lloyd BUDAPEST.................................United States Lines Baros Ter 3 sz CHERBOURG..........Cherbourg-Maritime Agence Transatlantique 48, Rue de la Cayenne COLOGNE.............Norddeutscher Lloyd Hauptvertretung KoIb Domkloster 1 COPENHAGEN.................Taube & Company, 16 Kliebolag DANZIG....................................United States Lines 13 Dominikswall HAMBURG........................Wilheim Lazarus, Bergstr. 9 LIMERICK..............................Limerick Steamship Co, LONDON........United States Lines, 3 Cockspur Street, S. W. I. MARSEILLES..............Georges Bousquet, 5 Place de Change PARIS......................................United States Lines 11 bis Rue Scribe PLYMOUTH............................Orlando, Davies & Co. QUEENSTOWN....................Limerick Steamship Company ROME.........................................F. Moroli & Co, 77-78 Via Del Tritone SOUTHAMPTON.........................Smith, Sundius & Co. 19 Queens Terrace VIENNA............. .......United States Lines, Kaerntnerring 13 WARSAW..................................United States Linee Senatorska 28-30 GENERAL INFORMATI ON PASSPORTS: All passengers must procure passports of their respective countries and wherever required, the visaes [visas] of the Consuls of the countries they traverse. Aliens In Transit through England, as well as British subjects holding passports issued or renewed within one year, do not require the visae of the British Consul. American Citizens must have British Visae. INCOME TAX: All passengers (Except U. S. Citizens), are required to submit their tax receipts or exemption certificate as evidence of their having complied with the Income Tax Law, at the Barge Office, South Ferry, New York City, not later than 24 hours prior to sailing, at which time they will receive necessary sailing permit BAGGAGE: Passengers should label their baggage with full name, destination, name of steamer, sailing date, location and number of pier. Tags and labels furnished on application. All baggage should be on the pier at least 24 hours before sailing and claimed at least two hours before departure of vessel. Failure to claim baggage may result in same being left behind at passenger's risk. DOGS, CATS, MONKEYS, BIRDS: These should be properly caged before being brought aboard and turned over to the Baggage Master who will deliver them to the Butcher for caretaking. Rates on dogs $15.00 each; Cats, Monkeys and Birds $5.00 each. Butcher's fees additional. Dogs to be landed in England will not be accepted unless necessary license from the Secretary of Agriculture in London, showing that they may be landed in England is obtained. GERMAN EXPORT TAX: Passengers leaving Germany are cautioned to make a declaration of, and pay duty, on all articles purchased in that country. Failure to comply with this regulation may result in confiscation of such articles, as well as the imposition of a fine. HOW TO REACH OUR PIERS FROM NEW YORK: By ferry from West Twenty-third Street, foot of Barclay or Christopher Streets, to Lackawanna Station, Hoboken, N. J. BY HUDSON TUBES at either 33rd Street and 6th Avenue, Cortlandt Street or intermediate stations. Get off at Lackawanna Station, Hoboken, N. J. (last stop). PASSENGERS SHOULD BE ON THE PIER AT LEAST TWO HOURS BEFORE SAILING IN ORDER THAT THEIR TICKETS MAY BE EXAMINED AND BAGGAGE MAY BE CLAIMED. ==== ==== Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2013-03-26