Name/Title
Holland America Line-General Folder #2Entry/Object ID
K0001.67.02Scope and Content
This folder consists of twelve items:
1.Holland America Line First Class Service to Europe: Multi-page stapled, black and white booklet with a tricolor, cardstock cover. Dated December 1929. Very comprehensive viewbook for the line's transatlantic services. Many full-page black and white photos faced with an opposing page featuring elaborately set and decorated text. Vessels mentioned are: the Statendam, the Volendam, the Veendam The Rotterdam and the New Amsterdam (called by this Anglicised name in the text).
Many black and white photos of lavish ships' interiors. Art Deco style cover graphic of a vessel underway.
2.Holland-America Line's Ten Top Cruises to South America and the West Indies, SS Niew Amsterdam, SS Maasdam, SS Ryndam- Complete Rates, Itineraries and General Information Winter Season 1954-1955: Multi-page stapled, folded, color-brochure dated 1954. Provides itineraries, rates of fare, sailing dates and general information for South American and West Indies cruises aboard the vessels Niew Amsterdam, Maasdam and Ryndam. Photos depict shipboard life. Last page details an upcoming luxury cruise to the Greek Isles.
3.SS Veendam- Ss. Niew Amsterdam Full Rigged for Luxury, -MV Westerdam- MV Noordam serving England, France, Holland and all Europe: Multi-page stapled and folded bicolor brochure dated 1949. Provides information about the line's vessels and the cruising lifestyle. Many black and white pictures of vessel interiors.
4.Holland America-Line The One-Class-Twins, MV Noordam, MV Westerdam: Single, bicolor, folded page. Dated 1955. Simple photo-heavy leaflet showcasing sisterships' Noordam and Westerdam's interiors with sample menu.
5.Tourist Third Cabin- Holland America Line- Signaling a Promise of Pleasant Days at Sea: Multi-page, stapled black and white booklet with quad-color, cardstock cover. Dated Jan. 1, 1930. Photo-heavy general viewbook showing newly-refinished interiors of third/cabin class accommodations. Notes that many former 2nd class cabins and ammennities have been converted to being offered, mostly unmodified, third/tourist class passengers.
6.Tourist Class "Ahoy": Multi-page, bicolor, cardstock booklet dated 1935. Photo-laden viewbook for vessels Statendam, Veendam, Volendam and Rotterdam. Provides an overview of the cruise experience from the perspective of a tourist class passenger through photography. Many college students featured, with text describing the "college-like" atmosphere aboard in tourist class. Cover features a bold graphic of a black-tipped-wing gull.
7.Holland America Line Ten South America-West Indies Cruises by the Luxury Flagship Niew Amsterdam and the New Liner Maasdam- 1053-1954 Season: Single page, folded, part color booklet dated 1953. Provides itinerary, port information, sailing dates, rates of fare and general information for South America and West Indies Cruises aboard the Niew Amsterdam and the Maasdam.
8.Holland America Line Motorliners "Noordam", "Zaandam" Plan of Accommodation: Single, folded tissue-page dated August 1938. Provides deckplans for the vessels Noordam and Zaandam. Features black and white photos of accommodations.
9.Holland-America Line Noordam, Westerdam, Economical, First Class Transatlantic Service: Tricolor, single folded page brochure dated Sept. 1947. Provides many small, color photos depicting ship's interiors and stewards serving patrons. Text interestingly discusses how impeccibly trained the stewards are, and how many of them are "old-timers" who were the same stewards employed by the line before WWII.
10.England, Ireland, France, Holland and to All Europe- SS Niew Amsterdam, MV Noordam, MV Westerdam, SS Maasdam, SS Ryndam: Single, folded page. Graphics in color dated 1954. General photo-heavy brochure providing brief overview of offerings for each vessel
11. SS Ryndam, SS Maasdam- A New Concept in Tourist Travel: Single, bicolor folded page. Undated, but ca. mid to late 1940s. Emphasizes luxury of accommodations and ammennities. Photo-heavy.
13. Famous Ships of the Holland America Line: Small, single folded page. Bicolor, dated Jan. 25, 1939. Provides small black and white photos of the SS Niew Amsterdam underway and interior views. Emphasis placed on the ship's size and power, the luxurious appointments aboard, and the quality of onboard cuisine.
14. Preliminary Announcement of Summer-Fall Cruise Program: Single, color, triple-folded page, dated Feb. 1954. Features 1/2 page photo of Ryndam underway. Provides prices and itineraries for sister ships Ryndam and Maasdam for Bermudan and South American cruises during the Summer/Fall 1954 cruise season.Collection
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