American President Lines Folder 1 - Folded Brochures

Archive

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Maritime Museum of San Diego

Name/Title

American President Lines Folder 1 - Folded Brochures

Entry/Object ID

K0001.007.001

Scope and Content

This folder contains nine brochures: 1. New Round-the-World Luxury Liners (1950) - advertises the services and amenities of the then-new S.S. President Jackson, S.S. President Adams and S.S. President Hayes. Hand-colored black-and-white photgraphs, paintings. Folds out into passenger accomodation plan. 2. Round the World (1956) - advertises the services and amenities of the S.S. President Polk and S.S. President Monroe. Contains descriptions of destinations. Hand-colored black-and-white photographs. Folds out into passenger accomodation plan. 3. Cruise to California (1957) - advertises service from New York to San Francisco via the Panama Canal, aboard either S.S. President Polk or S.S. President Monroe. Black-and-white photograhs and line drawings. Folds out into plan with passenger accomodation and information. 4. Round the World (1958) - similar in design and content to item 2 - reduced ports-of-call (from 24 to 20) and countries visited (from 14 to 12). 5. Sail the Pacific (1959) - advertises service from San Francisco & Los Angeles to Kobe, via Honululu, Yokohama, Manila and Hong Kong aboard S.S. President Wilson, S.S. President Hoover or S.S. President Cleveland. Hand-colored black-and-white photographs. 6. S.S President Roosevelt - All First Class (1962) - contains descriptions and photographs of the S.S. President Roosevelt. Colored black-and-white photographs. 7. Economy-Class Travel (1963) - advertises economy-class services on the Pacific route described in item 5. 8. Special Round-the-world Luxury Cruise (1966) - similar in design and content to item 6. Typesetting and some photographs differ. Contains sample menu, itinerary, details of ports-of-call and trips ashore for a voyage beginning 1/20/1966. 9. Sail the Pacific (1966) - advertises services and amenities on the Pacific route aboard S.S. President Roosevelt, S.S. President Wilson and S.S. President Cleveland. Contains sample menu (Sayonara Menu) and descriptions of destinations.

Collection

Kingsbury Maritime Ephemera Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Folder, File

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Container, Document

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Accessories

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

Search Terms

American President Lines, APL, Cruise Liners, Cruise Ships, Passenger Liners, Ocean Liners, Round the world cruise, S.S. President Roosevelt, S.S President Cleveland, S.S. President Hoover, S.S. President Wilson, S.S. President Monroe, S.S. President Polk, S.S. President Jackson, S.S.President Hayes, S.S. President Adams, S.S President Lincoln

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1950 - 1966