Name/Title
Home Lines Series: SS OceanicEntry/Object ID
K0001.69.07Scope and Content
This folder consists of twelve items:
1.Christmas 1965 thru Easter 1966 Inaugural Caribbean Cruise Season, SS Oceanic, the "Ship of Tomorrow": Multi-page stapled and folded color brochure, dated 1965. Features many color photos of the ship's accommodations, ammennites and shipboard activities. Deck plans and general cruise information provided.
2.Golden Sun-Way Cruises to the Caribbean, SS Oceanic, Built in 1965, 1967-1968 Winter-Spring Season: Multi-page stapled color booklet. Legal-sized. Dated 1967. Photo-heavy booklet emphasizing the luxury and innovation embodied by the SS Oceanic, noted to be the "first ship with a retractible lido deck cover". Provides deck plans, rates of fare and sailing dates.
3.7-Day Cruises to Nassau in the Bahamas, 1965 Sailings and Rates: Multi-page stapled and folded color brochure dated 1965. Features many color illustrations of shipboard life. Provides rates of fare, deck plans, sailing dates and general information.
4.SS Oceanic, 1966 Nassau Sailings and Rates: Multi-page color booklet, stapled, dated 1967. Near duplicate of item #3 of this folder.
5. Introducing SS Oceanic, the Ship of Tomorrow: Multi-Page stapled booklet. Color illustrations, undated, but ca. 1960s. Features, mostly, watercolor-style illustrations of accommodations, ammennties and shipboard activities. Cover features line-drawings of western vessels from ancient times to modern times, to align the Oceanic as the most futuristic vessel to date.
6.1967 Sailings and Rates, SS Oceanic, 7-Day Cruises to Nassau: Multi-page stapled, color-booklet, dated Nov. 1966. Provides photos of accommodations and ammennities, deckplans, rates of fare, sailing dates, and port information.
7.The Unnamed Ship of Tomorrow: Single folded page, undated. Copied press-release page featuring a rendering and its negative. Discusses the companies plans for construction of its futuristic vessel.
8.Home Lines Announces... The Birth of "The Ship of Tomorrow", now Being Constructed for Home Lines by "Cantieri Riuniti dell' Adriatico" at Monfalcone, Italy: Single folded bicolor page, dated Oct. 1961. Simple press release provides general overview of the specifications of the newly constructed SS Oceanic. Cover features futuristic model of the vessel, which appears more like a submarine, than the eventual SS Oceanic.
9. The Elegant Season, Winter on the Caribbean with the Great SS Oceanic, 1969-1970 Golden Sun-Way Cruises Sailing Schedule and Rates: Color, multi-page stapled booklet dated July, 1969. Features many, large color photos featuring passengers engaged in shipboard activities. Provides deckplans, rates of fare and general information for cruises in the 1969-1970 season.
10. A Preview of SS Oceanic, "the Ship of Tomorrow": Single, folded color page, dated 1964. Features color photos of vessel underway and illustrations of passengers engaged in shipboard activities.
11.SS Oceanic, Gold Sun-Way Cruises to the Baribbean, 1968-69 Winter-Spring Season: Multi-Page stapled color booklet, dated 1968. Near duplicate of item # 9 of this folder.
12. Luxury Cruising... Italian Style... On the Largest Ship Ever Designed for Year Round Cruises, SS Oceanic: Multi-page color stapled booklet, undated, ca. 1968. Duplicate of item #11 of this folder.Collection
Kingsbury Maritime Ephemera CollectionLexicon
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Date(s) of Creation
Mar 31, 2011
