Archive for September, 2009
« Previous EntriesFrom The Getty Museum to Lisbon’s Hills – The Future and The Past – Two Unique Ways to Transport People
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009The Getty Museum tram on video.
Lisbon’s Glória funicular on video.
CRUISING THE PAST looks at the Getty Museum tram and the Glória funicular in Lisbon.
Each of these unique ways to transport people climb a mountain. One is modern and the other old – but they share one thing in common – both are unique and [...]
1937 CRUISE – NEW YORK TO NOVA SCOTIA ABOARD EASTERN STEAMSHIP COMPANY
Sunday, September 27th, 20091937 CRUISE – NEW YORK TO NOVA SCOTIA ABOARD EASTERN STEAMSHIP COMPANY
From Youtube: home movies, a trip to Nova Scotia leaving from Pier 18 in NYC. (Some notes indicate it may be 1937.) We see Yarmouth and Sandy Cove, Nova Scotia, some large passenger ships, some of coastal Canada and a clam wrapped up in [...]
Mexico to lose most of its ‘Love Boats’ – Ending nearly 50 years of Cruise History.
Thursday, September 24th, 2009Princess Cruises practically invented the Mexican Riviera — and is credited with jump-starting the modern cruise industry — by starring in the hugely popular 1970-1980s TV series “The Love Boat.”
Cruise History – Mexico to lose most of its ‘Love Boats’ – Ending nearly 50 years of Princess Cruise Mexico service – and a milestone in [...]
Titanic to Crash Into Iceberg, Theaters Again in 3-D!
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009Titanic in Digital 3-D Will Put the Iceberg Right in Your Face
Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in the movie TITANIC.
CRUISING THE PAST: RMS Titanic to Crash Into Iceberg, Theaters Again in 3-D!
What’s nearly two billion dollars look like in 3-D?
More than 10 years after becoming king of the movie world, James Cameron’s Titanic [...]
THE SS FRANCE AND THE SS LIBERTE – Elegance at sea – Now a memory.
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009Cruise History: THE SS FRANCE AND THE SS LIBERTE – Elegance at sea – Now a memory.
Enjoy these gorgeous full color home movies from SHIPGEEK shot by a lucky couple who traveled on the SS France Eastbound, and the SS Liberte Westbound, trans-Atlantic. Crossing the pond. Shipgeek has combined to suggest a mythical [...]
THE AROSA LINE – Immigrants and Students – Compañia Internacional Transportadora 1952-1958
Monday, September 21st, 2009Cruise History: The Compañia Internacional Transportadora or Arosa Line was founded by Nicolo Rizzi. He was a Swiss/Italian financier. A little known shipping service – THE AROSA LINE – it provided Trans-Atlanitc service for immigrants and students.
The company was known as a Swiss organization – all the ships were registered in countries of convenience – [...]
September 17, 1949 – 6O years ago – The SS Noronic Fire: a Toronto Disaster – A fire at sea.
Thursday, September 17th, 2009September 17, 1949 – 60 Years Ago Today – Cruise History.
The SS Noronic Fire: a Toronto Disaster – A fire at sea. The 60th Anniversary of the horrible disaster.
THE SHIP:
The SS Noronic was launched June 2, 1913 in Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada.She was built by the Western Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company for the [...]
YOU’VE GOTTA BE A FOOTBALL HERO – 1930s LOOK AT THE FAMOUS SONG
Thursday, September 17th, 2009“You’ve Gotta Be A Football Hero” is a song written by Al Sherman, Buddy Fields and Al Lewis. It is one of the most widely recorded and performed American football anthems of all time. The song was written in 1933.
Thelma Watson and her all girl orchestra. A GREAT VIDEO – YOU’VE GOTTA BE A [...]
PRIVATE RAILWAY CARS – THE LAND USE VERSION OF THE PRIVATE JET
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009The Chapel Hill was originally built in 1922 for Post Cereals Heiress, Marjorie Merriweather Post, and stock broker and investment banker E.F. Hutton.
Chartering Marjorie Merriweather Post’s Private Railway Car is a deluxe alternative to everyday travel by private jet. See for yourself as Michael L. Grace takes us on a smooth ride cross country [...]
JAPAN’S Trans-Pacific Liners – Baseball players from Yale – The ships were the fastest between the US and Japan prior to World War II.
Tuesday, September 15th, 2009Cruise Ship History: JAPAN’S Trans-Pacific Liners – Were the fastest between the US and Japan prior to World War II.
In 1935, at the invitation of Waseda University, the Yale University Baseball Team came to Japan from New Haven, Connecticut on NYK’s Tatsuta Maru , and returned aboard Asama Maru. The team is seen with the [...]
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