Name/Title
Home Lines Series: SS Homeric (Folder #2)Entry/Object ID
K0001.69.05Scope and Content
This folder consists of eight items:
1.SS Homeric, 1970 Sun-Way Cruises to Caribbean-Bermuda: Single, folded page brochure. Color, dated 1970. Provides numerous color photos of passengers engaged in shipboard activities and of accommodations/ammennities. Dates of sailing, rates of fair and general information also provided.
2.SS Homeric, the Ship of '55: Single page, folded, part-color brochure dated 1955. Provides black and white photos of ammennities and accommodations, and color photos of passengers engaged in social and shipboard activities. Brochure features general information about the cruising lifestyle, and about the vessel, SS Homeric.
3. 1969-1969 Winter Spring Sailings and Rates, Homeric 7-day Cruises to Freeport and Nassau in the Bahamas: Single folded, color page, dated 1969. Provides deckplans, rates of fare, dates of sailing and general information for cruises to the Bahamas aboard the SS Homeric. Same photos as in item #1 of this folder, used. Cover features illustration fo a featureless, nude man climbing a leaning treelimb over the ocean towards the Homeric, which is underway in a brown sea.
4.Flagship Homeric Special Voyage from New York, April 12, 1958, from Halifax, April 13, 1958 to Southampton England, Le Havre, France and Cuxhaven, Germany, 7 Days to England and France, 8 Days to Germany: Single, folded page brochure, color, dated 1958. Features only photos of ammennities and accommodations, and a mid-sized color illustration of the ship underway.
5.SS Homeric, Passenger Accommodation Plan: Single, bicolor folded page, dated Jan. 1962. Deck plans for the vessel SS Homeric.
6. 1957 SS Homeric, Your Ship, Canada, Aurope, At Sea: Single, folded page. Color, dated 1957. Provides sailing dates, rates of fare, general information and deckplans for cruises to Europe from Canada, for the 1957 season. Features several small photos of vacan accommodations/ammennities.
7.1969-1970 Winter-Spring Sailings and Rates, 7-Day Sun-Way Cruises to Freeport and Nassau in the Bahamas: Single, folded color page, dated 1969. Near duplicate to item #1 of this folder.
8.A Legend in Her Own Time, SS Homeric: Multi-page stapled booklet. Color. Undated, ca. late 1960s. Photo-heavy "showbook" showcases the vessel's accommodations and ammenities and highlights the cruising lifestyle. A piece of neoclassical-esque art located in the first class diningroom aboard, is prominenly featured on the booklet's cover, and throughout.Collection
Kingsbury Maritime Ephemera CollectionLexicon
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Category 06: Tools & Equipment for CommunicationArchive Details
Date(s) of Creation
Mar 31, 2011
