Name/Title
Holland America Line-General Folder #1Entry/Object ID
K0001.67.01Scope and Content
This folder consists of six items:
1. Cruise Plan, SS Maasdam, SS Ryndam: Multi-page stapled and folded color-brochure dated 1953. Provides deckplans for sister-ships SS Maasdam and SS Ryndam. Small color photos depict accommodations and ammennities.
2. 1957-1958 West Indies South America Winter Cruise Program: Multi-page, stapled and folded color brochure dated Oct. 1957 provides deckplans, rates of fare, itineraries, sailing dates and general information for West Indies cruises aboard either sister ship SS Maasdam or SS Ryndam or the newly launched SS Staatendam. Many color photos of ports and shipboard life. Brief introduction describes the technical specifics about each vessel.
3.Holland-America Line Plans of Accommodation MV Delftdijk, MV Dalerdijk, SS Duivendijk: Single, folded page bicolor brochure. Undated but probably ca. early 1950s. Provides technical statistics and deck plans for the Delftdijk, Dalerdijk and Duivendijk.
4.South America and West Indies Cruise Program Season 1955-1956: Multi-page, stapled and folded, color brochure dated 1955. Provides itineraries, rates of fare, port information, deckplans and general information for West Indies and South American cruises aboard the flagship SS Niew Amsterdam or the sisterships SS Maasdam or Ryndam.
5."Ahoy": Small, stapled black and white booklet dated 1935. Booklet consists mostly, of images of shipboard social activities. Booklet aimed at members of STCA, a national college social organization, attempting to persuade them to make transatlantic crossings aboard the line's vessels if they wished to be surrounded by the "college atmosphere" aboard.
6. The Big Three- Holland-America Line, SS Rotterdam, SS Niew Amsterdam, SS Statendam: Multi-page stapled, color booklet dated Jan. 1965. Provides general cruising information for three vessels operating out of Manhattan's West Side. General "viewbook" with many color photos of accommodations, ammenities and shipboard activities aboard the three vessels. Sample itinerary provided. Very detailed "modern" , conversational-style, hour-by-hour itinerary with entries including "10:30 AM- Don't be alarmed by incessantly ringing bells- watertight doors are being tested" or "9:30-11PM- "It's Twisting Time!"Collection
Kingsbury Maritime Ephemera CollectionLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
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Written Communication T&ENomenclature Category
Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication
