Name/Title
Dollar Line Series Folder 2Entry/Object ID
K0001.034.02Scope and Content
This Folder Contains twenty-one items:
1. Around the World with a Small Private Party, Oct 1, 1933-April 1, 1934: single page folded, black and red bicolor brochure which provides itinerary and port information for an around-the world cruise aboard the SS Presidents Hoover and Grant. Brochure features several line drawings, a drawn map showing the ships' route, and several small black and white photos of things/people of interest at various ports of call. Brochure suggests several items of advanced reading including Pearl S. Buck's "Good Earth" and Woods' "An Englishman Defends Mother India". Front and back covers were printed upside-down in relation to the rest of the brochure, by the agent, Pathfinder Tours of Los Angeles
2. Round the World Cruise Tours: Bicolor, single page, folded brochure dated "effective until Sept. 25, 1933". Provides itineraries, fares and agents for the Dollar Lines "signiature" Round the World Cruise Tour. Standard itinerary for this cruise with updated cover illustration.
3.Dollar Steamship Lines SS President Pierce- The Marco Polo Log 1933: Multi-page blue cardstock covered ledger-style booklet. Subtitle reads: Souvenir of A Voyage Round the World 26,000 Miles under The Stars and Stripes. RD Kingsbury's signiature appears at the top of front cover. Booklet lists items of interest at each port of call. Kingsbury has checked off several items relating to Hawaii.
4.Reduced Summer Roundtrips to China, Japan and Philippines: Bicolor green and yellow, single-page folded, undated brochure. (Probably circa 1930). Illustrated map shows ships' routes, several green and white photos depict vessels and accommodations. Rates of fare and sailing dates provided.
5. Sail on the Newest, Largest, Finest, Most Beautiful Liner... The SS President Coolidge to New York via Panama, Cristobol and Havana: Black and white single-page flyer dated to late 1931 provides rates and information about asailing from Los Angeles to New York on Jan. 2, 1932. Black and white aerial photo of the S.S. President Coolidge at top of page.
6.Low Cost Roundtrips to Panama: Bicolor, aqua and black, single-page folded brochure provides rates, itinerary and information about a round-trip, "four days in Panama" cruise sailing from San Francisco or Los Angeles. Several small, black and white photographs depict accommodations onboard, places of interest at ports of call and people at ports of call. Front cover features black and white photo of a man driving a horse-drawn Model-A Ford, presumably, in Panama.
7.Dollar Steamship Line S.S. President Polk: Single -page, black and white folded newsprint deck plans for the S.S. President Polk. Undated. Paper is showing signs of mold.
8.Round the World- First Class Fares Write Your Own Ticket: Tricolor, single-page folded, undated, mini-brochure/flyer. Folds open to reveal rates for "Rail Across America" and "All-Water Route" . Several black and white scenic photos. Folded "title-page" describes Dollar Steamships' policy of allowing passengers to select their own itinerary and linger at ports of call as long as they would like', with the assurance that another Dolalr Liner, whith its clockwork schedule will return for them'. The rail-fare provided applied when a passenger wished to (more) quickly complete a circumnavigation of the globe.
9. President Liner Stateroom Plans: Aqua and Black, bicolor, single-page folded brochure which provides deck plans for each of the six classes of President Liners. Undated but probably ca. 1939 because of cover-graphic style.
10. Dollar Steamship Lines Passenger Fares- First Class, Special Class, Tourist Class and Third Class, California to Orient: Black and white, single-page folded brochure dated March 15, 1934. Provides fares,general information, dates of sailings and itineraries for cruises from California to Asian ports for the period of March 15, 1934 to Jan 20, 1935. Paper shows signs of mold.
11. Print of S.S. President Coolidge: Undated, single page, color print on light cardstock of the President Coolidge steaming underway. Paper is frayed on bottom and right edges. Handle with Care.
12. August 21, 1931 Los Angeles Times Newspaper Clipping Entitled "Great New Liner Reaches Port Today": article describes the affair of the S.S. President Hoover coming to port in Los Angeles on her maiden voyage. Article describes public celebration and the special, honorary reception of the ship's crew, including Capt. Fred. E. Anderson, in Los Angeles. Yellowed and fragile, handle with care.
13.The President Liners: Multi-page letter-sized booklet featuring blue, "quilted" motif, white-line illustration cover and protruding side-page featuring title. Booklet features on each page: large black and white photo of accommodations and ammenities aboard the President Liners: SS. Coolidge, S.S. Harrison, S.S. Taft, S.S. Hoover, S.S. Cleveland, S.S. Adams, S.S. Pierce, S.S. Jackson, S.S. Lincoln, S.S. Polk, S.S. Garfield and S.S. Grant. Title page gives overview of the Line's range of routes and offerings. Page featuring the Promenade Deck aboard the S.S. President Coolidge is slashed, as if by a craft-blade, several times.
14.Dollar Steamship Lines S.S. President Garfield: Single-page folded, black and white deck plans for the S.S. President Garfield. Undated.
15. Dollar Steamship Lines S.S. President Lincoln: Single-page folded, black and white deck plans for the S.S. President Lincoln. Undated
16. Dollar Steamship Lines Stateroom Plan: S.S. President Hayes, S.S. President Monroe, S.S. Presedent Van Buren: Large, single-page folded poster-style brochure providing black and white photos of accommodations and ammenities aboard the S.S. Presidents Hayes, Monroe and Van Buren. Cover has small square, probably where an illustration was, missing. Has been cut by a craft knife. Undated, but probably ca. 1930 because of fashions depicted in photos.
17.Around the World for Less Than $5.00 per Day. A Cruise by the S.S. President Johnson, Special Low Priced Cruises by Other Dollar Line Steamers: Black and white, single-page folded, linen-paper brochure dated Dec. 10, 1933. Provides itineraries, rates and sailings for Around the World Cruises aboard the S.S. President Johnson and several other Presidential Line Vessels. Paper shows slight signs of mold.
18. Reduced Orient Roundtrips-Japan, China, Philippines: Bicolor red and black single-page, folded brochure. Undated, but probably ca. 1939 because of illustration style. Brochure provides rates, itineraries and dates of sailings to Asian ports of call aboard Presidential Line Steamers. Features stylized line-drawings of "Asian faces" and places in the various Asian ports. Several black and white photos depict points of interest at various ports of call.
19.New York $250 First Class via Panama and Havana on the President Liners. Black and blue bicolor single-page folded brochure featuring information about cruises departing San Francisco and Los Angeles for New York City via the Panama Canal. Several passenger-testimonials provided. Undated, but probably ca. early 1930s. Features two black and white photos; one depiciting women engaged in shipboard activity and one depicting one of the President Liners underway.
20. Marine View Apartment for Rent!: Bicolor green and black postcard announces that apartments are available for lease aboard several of the Dollar Steamship Liners. Attempts to persuade potential passengers to cruise long-term, (2+ years) with the Line.
21. Orient and Round the World: Color-cover, multi-page folded booklet. Undated but probably ca. 1925-1930 because of fashions in photographs and art deco/ pop-art cover graphics. Each page features an editorial piece relevant to a specific port of call, and features a black and white photo and an illustration of people, things and places of interest at each port. Editorial and caption-material is more "academic" than is found in most other Dollar Lines advertising materials. Cover features bold, late art deco illustrations of "Asian" people and subjects. Paper shows incipient moldering.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, Dollar Line, Dollar Steamship Line, Passenger Accomodation, Passenger Activities, Presidential Line, Shipbuilding, Shipboard Life, Deck Plans, World CruisesArchive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1933 - 1940
