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Holland-America Line History – Cary Grant aboard the SS NIEUW AMSTERDAM – THE MOST GRACIOUS OF ALL THE TRANS-ATLANTIC LINERS. 23 Aug 2013 | 08:11 am
Cary Grant was a big fan of Holland-America Line… Holland-America Line’s beautiful SS NIEUW AMSTERDAM at the 5th Street Hoboken terminal of the line in 1952. In 1938 one of the most popular and fine...
HISTORY OF THE CRUISE INDUSTRY… 18 Aug 2013 | 02:34 am
SS NORMANDIE – The greatest luxury liner in history… The earliest ocean-going vessels were not primarily concerned with passengers, but rather with the cargo that they could carry. Black Ball Line in...
THE LOVE BOAT AND PRINCESS CRUISES – History of Princess Cruises – The “first” Love Boat! 13 Aug 2013 | 07:34 am
Princess Cruises History: Exploring the origin of Princess Cruises and their naming the “Princess” ships. Where did the name of each of their “Love Boat” cruise ships originate? A painting by Michael ...
LOVE BOAT sails into the Sunset… 11 Aug 2013 | 08:35 am
One of the most famous cruise ships of the modern era, the former Pacific Princess, has made a final voyage to a scrapyard in Turkey. The 42-year-old vessel, recognizable to millions of Americans as t...
THE ENTERTAINERS SEEM TO HAVE MORE FUN BACKSTAGE ON CRUISE SHIPS… 3 Aug 2013 | 08:57 am
This site just isn’t about the past… And the following youTUBE video proves the crews are always having more fun. This was shot aboard the Norwegian Sun. The show, presented by the ship’s entertainers...
UNION STEAMSHIP – CANADA AND ALASKA 26 Jul 2013 | 05:47 am
Aboard a Union Steamship steamer in the late 1940s… “Chilcotin” at Union Steamship Co. Wharf – Ketchikan, Alaska – 1950s… The Union Steamship Company of British Columbia was organized in Vancouver in...
Sending out “SOS” to save the SS United States… 20 Jul 2013 | 09:09 am
Great video of the SS United States in the early 1960s… Monaco’s Prince Rainier and his princess, the former Hollywood star Grace Kelly, were guests aboard the SS UNIED STATES. Final ‘SOS” – SS United...
Sailing on the SS Lurline to Hawaii – Late 1940s… 16 Jul 2013 | 05:05 am
Sailing on Matson Line’s SS LURLINE in the 1940s from San Francisco to Honolulu. A wonderful video when “Getting there was half the fun!” The video claims that it is from 1950 but this is actually foo...
Cruise and Liner History: RMS Titanic survivor remembered… Oscar Palmquist 9 Jul 2013 | 09:32 am
Cruise and Liner History: RMS Titanic survivor remembered… Oscar Palmquist… Oscar Palmquist, who died mysteriously in Bridgeport in 1925. Family members and Titanic devotees gathered June 29 at a ceme...
Got $32m? The Motor Yacht CHRISTINA O – Jackie O’s ‘Love Boat’ for sale… 5 Jul 2013 | 10:00 am
In 2001, the tired-looking vessel was restored to her former glory, and now boasts a mosaic top deck pool which can be converted into a dance floor. If this yacht could talk, one can only imagine the ...
