Gdynia America Line Series Folder 1

Archive

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Maritime Museum of San Diego

Name/Title

Gdynia America Line Series Folder 1

Entry/Object ID

K0001.51.01

Scope and Content

This folder consists of five items: 1.Tourist Class Plans and Rates- MS Pilsudski , MS Batory: Multi-page stapled booklet dated Dec 5, 1938. Features photos, deckplans, general information, dates of sailing, rates and information for ports of call for European and transatlantic cruises aboard vessels MS Pilsudski and MS Batory. Notably, first page text strives to persuade potential American passengers that there is a "social spirit of democracy" aboard Gdynia America Line Cruises and that the line "...gives Americans the sense of carrying the ideals of their own land across the ocean with them." 2. Gdynia America Line Mediterranean Service Rates and General Information-M.S. Sobieski: Single, folded page dated April 1947. Provides rates and general information for cruises to and from Cannes and Genoa aboard the MS Sobieski. 3.Batory: Single, folded-page brochure dated December 1949. Provides sailing dates and fares for cruises from Gdynia to New York via Copenhagen and Southampton for the early 1950 cruise season. Features several small photos, including one of the Batory underway.. 4.Plan of Passenger Accommodations- Motorship Sobieski: Single, folded poster-sized page, dated May, 1947. Provides deck plans for the M.S. Sobieski 5.M.S. Pilsudski- Tourist Class Deck Plans and Rates: Multi-page, stapled, tricolor brochure dated August 15, 1935. Provides deck plans and rates for the M.S. Pilsudski.

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

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

Nov 4, 2009