Name/Title
Dollar Line Series Folder 3Entry/Object ID
K0001.034.03Scope and Content
This folder contains four items:
1. S.S. President Hoover, S.S. President Coolidge Cabin Plans:
Undated, single page, black and white poster. Probably ca. 1925-1930 per fashions depicted in illustrations. Large poster showing the cabin plans for the S.S. Presidents Coolidge and Hoover, which belonged to a special class and were the largest passenger vessles operating under the American flag at the time of their maiden voyages. Poster features painterly illustrations of passengers enjoying onboard activities and amenities.
2. Stateroom Plan S.S. President Coolidge, S.S. President Hoover: Single-page folded poster. Color photographs featured on cover and titlepiece. Undated, but probably ca. 1928-30. Folds out to show deck/stateroom plans for the sister ships S.S. President Coolidge and S.S. President Hoover. When half-folded, features black and white photos depicting accommodations, amennities and passengers engaging in onboard activities. S.S. President Coolidge's artpiece, "Lady Riding Unicorn" is clearly shown in one photo; it remains one of the main drawing-points for wreck divers who flock to the S.S. President Coolidge which lies under 20 meters of water off the coast of Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu, after having been sunk by Japanese mines during WWII.
3. Special Class S.S. President Hoover, S.S. President Coolidge: Black and white, multi-page folded brochure. Undated but probably ca. 1930. Brochure discusses the "special class" accommodations aboard the S.S. Presidents Hoover and Coolidge. Attention is called to the outdoor situation of each stateroom and the fact that each has direct ventilation to the outdoors. Photos of shipboard life featured.
4. A Spring Tour of the Orient: Pink and black bicolor, single-page folded brochure. Undated, but probably ca. late 1930s. Features itinerary and rates for a special springtime tour of Hawai'ian and Asian ports aboard the S.S. Presidents Hoover and Coolidge. Black and white illustrations and one photo are featured. "Asian-style" drawing of deer and cherry-blossoms featured on cover. Pencilled arithmetic featured in the "rates of fare" section. Perhaps Kingston was a passenger aboard one of these two sailings.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
