Name/Title
Holland America Line-General Folder #3Entry/Object ID
K0001.67.03Scope and Content
This folder consists of seven items:
1.Europe via Panama, the Comfort Route: Multi-page folded and stapled bicolor booklet dated Oct. 1938. Provides photos of and information including deck plans and cruise overviews for Holland-American ships SS Damsterdyk, SS Delftdyk, SS Drechtdyk and SS Dinteldyk, and for Royal Mail Lines Ships SS Lochavon, SS Lochmonar, SS Lochgoil and SS Lochkatrine. Cruises departed from Pacific US ports and sailed to Britain and the Netherlands via the Panama Canal and South American and Carribean ports. Cruises seem aimed at transatlantic "commuters", as ships allowed for uncrated vehicle transport and only briefly stopped in the Carribean/Bermudan/South American ports. Many black and white photos of ship interiors. Deck plans for each vessel provided.
2.Royal Netherlands Steamship Company, Dutch West Indies Passenger Service- Sea Lovers and Sun Baskers Voyages. 1970.: Multi-page, stapled color booklet dated 1970. Provides overview of 13 day South American/Caribbean cruise aboard the MS Prinses Margiret under charter to Royal Netherlands Steamship Company and Dutch West Indies Passenger Service. Many color photos of shipboard activities and accommodations.
3.SS Maasdam, SS Ryndam: Single, color folded page, dated Jan. 1960. General overview of cruising experience aboard sister ships SS Maasdam and SS Ryndam. Features mostly, color photos of passengers engaged in shipboard activities.
4. Holland-America Lines 1969-1970 Floatel Cruises to the West Indies: Multi-page stapled, color booklet dated 1969. Provides itineraries, rates of fare, general information and port information for 6-14 day Bermudan cruises aboard the "floatel" ships SS Niew Amsterdam and SS Rotterdam for the 1969-1970 cruising season. Many large, color photos featuring passengers engaged in shipboard activities. Text emphasizes the "party atmosphere" of the cruises.
5.Holland America 9 and 11-day Cruises to the West Indies April through December 1970: Multi-page, color, stapled booklet dated 1970. Duplicate of item #4 of this folder, featuring a different cover, and detailing Spring and Winter cruises for the 1970 season.
6.Preliminary Miniature Deck Plan for the Completely Air-Conditioned, Stabilizer Equipped, Remodeled "Niew Look", Niew Amsterdam: Single, folded chart-sized page dated 1961. Deck plans for the remodeled SS Niew Amsterdam.
7.Menu: Single, folded page, color-print cardstock booklet. Menu for Sat. Nov. 9, 1968. Cover features print "Dutch Fleet in the Roadstead of St. Helena" from c. 1620. Emphasizes the line's historic maritime heritage.Collection
Kingsbury Maritime Ephemera CollectionLexicon
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Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication
