Name/Title
United States Lines Series- SS United States #2Entry/Object ID
K0001.153.08Scope and Content
This folder consists of nineteen items:
1. "The SS United States, The New Luxury Ship, The Biggest Ever Built in This Country...": Multiple pages (including color fold-out) torn from "Life" magazine July 12, 1952 issue. Article about the launch and statistics of the vessel SS United States. Includes article about Margaret Truman, (Harry S Truman's wife) aboard the vessel on its inaugural cruise.
2. "The SS United States, The New Luxury Ship, The Biggest Ever Built in This Country...": Identical to item #1 of this folder.
3. Untitled: Post card depicting the SS United States, ca. 1952.
4. "Reprinted from Life, July 21, 1952": Identical reprint of items #1 and #2 of this folder.
5. Menu, Dinner: Folded page inserted with cord into folded cardstock page. Dated Monday, July 21, 1952. Dinner menu from inaugural cruise aboard the SS United States.
6. "Sales News": Multiple pages bound with brass brads. Undated, ca. 1952. Issues nos. 1-5. Series of travel-agent "sales aid" periodical-style newsletters discussing shipping news. Several editions discuss the newly launched SS United States.
7. Latest News About the Great New American Flag Superliner, SS United States: Single, folded page tricolor brochure. Dated June 1951. Features articles about the Christening and launch of the SS United States. Features photos of the vessel in drydock
Published by the United States Lines Company.
8. Latest News About the Great New American Flag Superliner SS United States: Single, folded page, tricolor brochure. Dated May 15, 1952. Features articles about sea-trials of the SS United States, and about world travel-writers coming to the US to learn about the vessel. Published by the United States Lines Co.
9. Latest News About the Great New American Flag Superliner SS United States: Single, folded page, tricolor brochure. Dated March 17, 1952. Features articles about sea-trials of the vessel, and about the appointment of Commodore Harry Manning as the Commander of the SS United States.
10. Latest News About the Great New American Flag Superliner SS United States: Same format as items #7,8 and 9 of this folder. Dated April 1, 1952. Features articles about the lighting (flourescent and incandescent mix) aboard, and other technnology aboard the SS United States.
11. Latest News About the Great New American Flag Superliner SS United States: Same format as items #7-10 of this folder. Dated February 1952. Features articles about the maiden voyage of the vessel SS United States.
12. Souvenir Log, Maiden Voyage, Quadruple Screw Turbine Steamer, United States: Single page, dated July 15, 1952. Souvenir log for the maiden voyage of the SS United States.
13. Revell Authentic Kit, History of Your SS United States: Single, folded page, dated 1955. Instructions for assembling a scale model of the vessel SS United States. Features information about the vessel's history and technology.
14. Miniature Passenger Accommodation Plan of the Superliner United States: Single, folded page. Undated, ca. early 1950s. Deck plans for the vessel SS United States.
15. United States Lines, Story No. 1, SS United States, World's Fastest and Most Modern Ship: Packet of top-stapled , legal-size typewritten pages dating from May-June 1954. Pre-publication press-release (?) noting the accomplishments of the vessel SS United States. Broken into segments labeled "story #2," etc. Identical copy of item #14 of this folder enclosed.
16. Turnaround: Multiple pages, stapled. From "Nation's Business", August 1954 edition. Article profiling a "day-in -the- life" of the crew of the SS United States. Features photos of various crewmembers performing their daily obligations.
17. SS United States, SS America: Single, folded page, color brochure. Undated, ca. early 1950s. General photo-viewbook brochure depicting ship's interiors for the vessel SS United States.
18. The Story Behind Our Organization Whose Pioneering Spirit Brough Many "Firsts" to the Shipping World, and Which Climaxed a Colorful History With the World's Fastest Liner, the SS United States: Multiple, stapled typewritten pages. Undated, ca. 1954. General history of the United States Lines Co., portraying the SS United States as their ultimate accomplishment.
19. 1957 Annual Report: Single, color cardstock page. Dated 1957. Cover only for the annual report of the United States Lines Co. featuring a full-page color photo of the SS United States docked at the Port of New York.Collection
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Jun 10, 2011