Name/Title
Grace Lines Series- General Folder 2Entry/Object ID
K0001.55.02Scope and Content
This folder consists of nine items:
1.Grace Line Santa Clara, Santa Barbara, Santa Maria Stateroom Plans- South American Service: Single, folded page chart, dated 1939. Provides deck charts for Santa Clara, Santa Barbara and Santa Maria. Large black and white photos depict shipboard life. Text indicates that pools, nightclubs and dance floors had just recently been added to the vessels.
2.Grace Line Deck Plan, New Santa Rosa, new Santa Paula: Single, folded chart-size page dated April 1959. Provides deck plans for the newly retrofitted Santa Rosa and Santa Paula.
3.4 New Santas Cruising to the Caribbean and the Pacific Coast of South America: Multi-page stapled color-brochure dated Oct. 1962. Brochure provides information for 16 day cruises aboard the newly-launched Santa Magdalena, Santa Mariana and Santa Maria. Each ship is described as accommodating only 127 guests in an effort to provide a greater amount of space per guest. 16-day East Coast US to West Coast of South America via Panama Canal cruises described. Color photos depict ports and shipboard activities.
4. Grace Line Stateroom Plan of 4 New "Santas" Santa Rosa, Santa Paula, Santat Elena ...and Santa Lucia. Single, folded chart-sized page brochure, undated, but ca. late 1930s. Provides deck plans for sister vessels, black and white photos of passengers and ammennities, general information and bureau contact information.
5. Grace Line 13-day Cruises, Caribbean, South America, New Santa Rosa, Santa Paula: Multi-page stapled and folded, color brochure dated April 1960. Provides information about 13 day Carribean and South American cruises aboard the newly-remodelled vessels Santa Rosa and Santa Paula. The vessels were refitted to allow carriage of more passengers along their newly-assigned routes. Color photos and illustrations depict, primarily, shipboard activities, as the new route/redesigned ships were meant to yeild a more luxurious, socially-oriented cruise experience.
6.Deck Plans, Freighter Class, Santa Adela, Santa Juana, Santa Eliana, Santa Leonor, Santa Flavia: Single page, torn from a spiral bound publication. Undated. Depicts the four staterooms aboard each freighter available to potential passengers.
7.Grace Line: Color, over legal-size, showcase booklet for Santa Rosa and Santa Paula dated 1949. 1950 Fare leaflet inserted in centerfold. Provides extensive photos of accommodations, ammenities, ports and shipboard activities.
8.The Famous "Santa" Fleet between New York-Panama Canal-Peru-Chile, Grace Line: Multi-page stapled, legal-sized booklet dated August 1929. Provides information about the Santa Line, and its two new vessels, the Santa Maria and the Santa Barbara. Features black and white photos of accommodations and ammenities. No passengers depicted. Earliest depiction of towel folding cabin decoration by stewards? (Not featured elsewhere in brochures of the Kingsbury Collection.)
9. Grace Line, de-Luxe Coastwise Service Between Los Angeles, San Francisco, Victoria B.C., Seattle: Single, black and white folded page brochure dated 1934. Provides rates, itinerary and port information for cruises up the Pacific Coast aboard Grace Line vessels in Luxury accommodation. Kingsbury has hand-notated "$84" near fare-chart.Collection
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