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Cruise Line History – July 4th menus featuring “Russian Caviar” and “Kangoroo Tail Soup” on the High Seas from 1900 until 1938 – aboard the SS Manhattan, SS Aleutian and the SS City of Rome.
Saturday, July 4th, 2009Cruise Line History – July 4th trans-Atlantic liner and Alaska cruise ship dinner menus from the past… featuring “Russian Caviar” and “Kangoroo Tail Soup” on the High Seas from 1900 until 1938 – aboard the SS Manhattan, SS Aleutian and the SS City of Rome.
Anchor Line’s SS CITY OF ROME – July 4th Menu – [...]
The first civilian casualty of World War II was the Anchor-Donaldson liner RMS ATHENIA which was chartered to the Cunard Line.
Thursday, April 30th, 2009RMS ATHENIA.
Cruiise history looks at the first civilian casualty of World War II. The passenger ship was the Anchor-Donaldson liner RMS ATHENIA which was chartered to the Cunard Line. She was sunk without warning west of Scotland by the German submarine U-30.
The German U Boat U-30 had been at sea for several days, under strict [...]
Cruise History: Anchor Line and Fred Pansing’s portrait of the RMS Caledonia. Premier liner from Glasgow to New York.
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009This quality three-quarter portrait view of the Anchor Liner CALEDONIA must have earned Fred Pansing some additional acclaim to his already well established reputation with the passenger liner companies. Bristling with speed and strength, the massive liner is churning water on her way to America. The anxious passengers and crew are visible, with the heights [...]
Cruise Line History – INDEPENDENCE DAY aboard ship. Menus featuring “Russian Caviar” and “Kangoroo Tail Soup” on the High Seas from 1900 until 1938 – aboard the SS Manhattan, SS Aleutian and the SS City of Rome.
Friday, July 4th, 2008Anchor Line’s SS CITY OF ROME – July 4th Menu – 1900 – Russian Caviar
United States Lines SS MANHATTAN – July 4th Menu -1937 – Australian Kangaroo Tail Soup
Alaska Steamship Company’s SS ALEUTIAN – July 4th Menu – 1938 – More Russian Caviar
CRUISE LINE HISTORY – “ALL ASHORE THAT’S GOING ASHORE” – A GREAT NEW YOUTUBE VIDEO ON THE GREAT LINERS
Sunday, May 11th, 2008Ocean liners were the primary mode of global travel for over a century, from the mid-19th century until they began to be supplanted by jet airliners in the 1960s. A wonderful new youTUBE video.
Cruise Line History – THE ANCHOR LINE to India and Pakistan
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008In 1838 two brothers, Nicol & Robert Handyside set up business in Glasgow as ship brokers and merchants trading with Russia and the Baltic ports. Towards the end of 1852 Thomas Henderson, an experienced ship master, joined the firm. It was not until 1856 that the title of Anchor Line was adopted and [...]
Cruise History – Anchor Line’s “S.S. THE CITY OF ROME” the first great cruise liner. More souvenirs from the golden gage of cruising.
Thursday, April 24th, 2008THE CITY OF ROME – Constructed of iron, clipper stem, three funnels, four masts, single screw and a speed of 16 knots. There was accommodation for 271-1st, 250-2nd and 810-3rd class passengers. She was considered by many to be the most beautiful steamer ever built and was one of the first ocean liners.
1894 [...]