AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES
GALE STORM DIES – STARRED IN “OH SUSANNA” THE FIRST TV SERIES ON A CRUISE SHIP
Sunday, July 26th, 2009GALE STORM DIES – STARRED IN “OH SUSANNA” THE FIRST TV SERIES ON A CRUISE SHIP (BEATING OUT LOVE BOAT) – ABOARD AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINE’S SS PRESIDENT WILSON
Gale Storm with ZaSu Pitts in the 1950s TV Series aboard a cruise ship.
Cruise History looks at Gale Storm who starred in a TV series that took [...]
When ships had passenger lists.
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009Cruise History: Looking back at passenger lists – “the bible” of travelers aboard the great liners and cruise ships.
Passenger lists were given to all those booked aboard liners and cruise ships up until the 1970s.
From Cunard to the French Line, the Lurline to the Queen Mary – these were an important source of information regarding [...]
“Oh Susanna” on American President Lines – The first “Love Boat” TV series.
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009CRUISE LINE HISTORY – “Oh Susanna” – The first “Love Boat” TV series. Gail Storm starred in a very successful 1950s TV series that featured American President Lines. It was the preview to the 1970s-1980s TV series, LOVE BOAT, that changed the cruise industry. Read about APL and going Around The World aboard American President [...]
Cruise Ship History: Menus by Eugene Savage used on Matson Line’s SS LURLINE during the 1950s are the inspiration for a striking mural located in the new trendy Tropicale Restaurant in Palm Springs, California.
Friday, January 9th, 2009Menus by Eugene Savage used on Matson Line’s SS LURLINE during the 1950s are the inspiration for a striking mural located in the trendy Tropicale Restaurant in Palm Springs, California.
The mural seen over the bar at the Tropicale Restaurant is based on the Savage menu designs for Matson Line’s SS Lurline .
The SS Lurline [...]
Cruise History – The Last Ocean Liners: When you could go around the world by taking a liner voyage and not a cruise!
Monday, December 15th, 2008
American Export Line’s SS CONSTITUTION
Courtesy of a wonderful website called LAST OCEAN LINERS
Until the early 1970s, it was routinely possible to schedule extensive world journeys by transferring between three, four or more different ocean liners on point-to-point line voyages. The services were promoted to take advantage of a coordinated system of fares and schedules [...]
Cruise Line History – Round the World – only $854 First Class – aboard the Dollar Steamship Lines weekly from New York – When a dollar was worth a dollar! 1935.
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008A thrilling, luxurious trip Round the World was available on a regular basis aboard the Dollar Steamship Lines. In 1935, these great liners were sailing every week of the year from New York, Los Angeles or San Francisco via Hawaii and the Sunshine Route on a big smooth riding President Liner. You could [...]
SS PRESIDENT CLEVELAND – FAREWELL DINNER – CAVIAR – American President Lines passenger ship enroute to Japan and China – 1949
Thursday, June 5th, 2008Menu – Farewell Dinner – SS PRESIDENT CLEVELAND – 1949
Beluga-Molossol Caviar was served for the SS President Cleveland’s “Farewell Dinner” on October 5, 1949 prior to arriving in Yokohama, Japan. The SS President Cleveland’s had just completing her trans-Pacific liner crossing from San Francisco and Los Angeles via Honolulu, Hawaii.
The sleek 1940s modern lobby [...]
CRUISE LINE HISTORY – Around The World aboard American President Lines – first class – 1960 – $2500 per person
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008Cruise Line History – Traveling in Style aboard the AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES
The second President Hoover was built in 1939 as the Panama for the Panama Lines service from New York, via Haiti, carrying 216 first class passengers and cargo. She was sold to American President Lines in 1957, renamed the President Hoover, and put into [...]