Name/Title
Furness Lines SeriesEntry/Object ID
K0001.48.01Scope and Content
This folder consists of ten items:
1.Europe via Panama Canal: Single, folded page, undated but probably ca. mid 1940s. Provides information about a cruise from Pacific ports through the Panama Canal to London aboard the SS Pacific Reliance. Main text block describes ports of call and emphasizes that England is becoming (postwar) more suitable to visit as a tourist thanks to extensive rebuilding efforts.
2.Furness Lines Stateroom Plan of the New Fort Amherst and Fort Townshend: Single, folded poster page, undated, but ca. 1940s. Provides deck plan of staterooms aboard the sister ships Fort Amherst and Fort Townshend.
3.Furness Lines West Indies Cruises from New York Summer 1966: Single, folded-page. Provides information including, sailing dates, rates, general information and description of activities for summer, Bahamanian cruises aboard the line's T.S.S.Ocean Monarch.
4.Furness Lines Stateroom Plan of the Ocean Monarch: Single, folded poster-page, dated July 1963. Provides deck plans for the T.S.S. Ocean Monarch.
5.Europe via Panama Canal: Single, folded page brochure, undated, but probably, ca. 1930s. Provides general information for cruises aboard the T.S.S. Ocean Monarch to Europe, via the Panama Canal.
6.The Reina Routes to- Europe- South America- West Coast via Bermuda, Havana, Canal Zone: Single, folded color-page brochure, dated Dec. 1956. Describes routes of the "Pacific Steam Navigation Company's, (an acquisition of the Furness Line) ships, Reina del Mar and Reina del Pacifico. South American ports of call are profilied and general cruising information is provided.
7."Ocean Monarch": Single, folded page. Small, 1/4 page brochure dated October, 1951. Addressed to travel agents, brochure describes a January, 1952 Bermuda cruise offered to members of US Power Squadrons, (civilian seamanship and boater-safety organization.) Brochure advises agents of specific selling-points of the cruise to be directed to potential cruise passengers.
8.Stateroom Plan of the Ocean Monarch: Single, folded poster-sized newsprint page, dated January 1951. Provides deckplan for the Ocean Monarch.
9.Queen of Bermuda/ Monarch of Bermuda: Single, folded large-poster-page. Color. Undated, but probably ca. 1930s. Provides deck plans for sister vessels Queen of Bermuda, and Monarch of Bermuda.
10. The Famous 6-Day Vacation-Furness New York-Bermuda "Liv-Aboard" Cruises February to September 1966: Multi-page color booklet dated August 1965. Provides photos of accommodations and ammenities and information for cruises aboard the Queen of Bermuda and the Ocean Monarch during the 1966 sailing-year.Collection
Kingsbury Maritime Ephemera CollectionLexicon
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Category 06: Tools & Equipment for CommunicationArchive Details
Date(s) of Creation
Nov 4, 2009
