Name/Title
Canadian Pacific Steamship Lines Folder 1 - BrochuresEntry/Object ID
K0001.021.001Scope and Content
This folder contains nine items.
1. Booklet titled 'Empresses fo the Atlantic' (1930) - extols the virtues of the four Empresses. Contains many hand-colored photographs and paintings. Also contains a list of CP offices around the world.
2. Booklet titled 'Japan-China-Philipinnes via Honolulu' (ca. 1930) - focuses on ports-of-call, but also contains some information on schedules and ticketing, as well as a number of interior photographs of the Empresses of Japan, Russia, Canada and Asia.
3. Booklet titled 'Go Empress to Europe' (ca. 1950) - contains details of the company's services to Europe. Many black-and-white photographs and reconstructions of life on board.
4. Schedule of Princess Cruises to Alaska (1952) - folds out to show a deck plan of the S.S. Princess Kathleen and the S.S. Princess Louise. Contains tables showing ports-of-call, fares, timetables, details of meal prices in Skagway, information for passengers wishing to take a car, etc.
5. Brochure titled 'Go Empress to Europe' ( 1954) - details of the company's service to Europe. Many hand-colored & black-and-white photographs of interiors and deck activities.
6. Brochure titled 'Go Empress to Europe' (1956) - focusses on the features of the then-new Empress of Britain, while also giving some space to the Empresses of Scotland and France. Many paintings of interiors and some black-and-white photographs as well as paintings of the ships themselves.
7. Brochure titled 'Go Empress to Europe' (1958) - contains paintings and drawings of life on board the S.S. Empress of Britain, Empress of England and Empress of France. Interesting copy.
8. Brochure titled 'Go White Empress to Europe, Go Canadian Pacific the St. Lawrence Way' (1959) - details transatalantic services aboard the Empress of Britain, the Empress of England or the Empress of France. Many hand-colored black-and-white photographs and a number of maps. Back cover has an interesting map of all CP land, sea and even air routes.
9. Brochure titled 'Go Empress to Europe' (1961) - details of transatlantic services and shipboard amenities. Many hand-colored black-and-white photographs - in fact, many of the same photographs used in the early 1950s brochures.Collection
Kingsbury Maritime Ephemera CollectionLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Folder, FileNomenclature Primary Object Term
Container, DocumentNomenclature Sub-Class
Writing AccessoriesNomenclature Class
Written Communication T&ENomenclature Category
Category 06: Tools & Equipment for CommunicationSearch Terms
Cruise Liners, Cruise Ships, Passenger Liners, Canadian Pacific Steamship Lines, Canadian Pacific Railroad, S.S. Empress of Australia, S.S. Empress of Britain, S.S. Empress of Canada, S.S. Empress of England, S.S. Empress of Japan, S.S. Empress of Scotland, S.S. Empress of AsiaArchive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1929 - 1961
