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Item Number: 16154 |
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Circa: 1947 Condition: Good Type: stapled Manufacturer: Grace Line Pages: 6
Here is an original Souvenir Passenger List from Voyage Two of the SS Santa Paula sailing May 21, 1947 from the Caribbean to New York. A fascinating piece of history, the small (4.75- by 7.25-inch) booklet features a cover illustration of the ship, a listing of the eight officers and their titles, and a lengthy (3.5 page) alphabetical listing of passengers and hometowns on that particular voyage. As was the custom, passengers who met new friends on the ship signed this booklet with their names and, in some cases, home addresses and telephone numbers.
SS Santa Paula was a passenger and cargo ocean liner built for the Grace Line. She was the second of four sister ships ordered in 1930 and built at the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. of Kearny, NJ. Her regular service route included inter-coastal service between the east coast and the west coast of the U.S. via the Caribbean and the Panama Canal. She later sailed on cruises from New York to the Caribbean and South America.
The ship's dining room was on the promenade deck between and had a retractable roof to let passengers dine under the tropical sky. All public rooms were on the promenade deck. The dining room formed an atrium stretching up two and a half decks to the retractable dome. First class cabins were outside and had twin beds and private baths. Grace Line was among the first companies to employ female dining room waitresses instead of male stewards.
The booklet is in Good condition overall. Cover edges and corners show some blunting. It appears inside pages have been re-stapled at some point and were not placed correctly, so the spine is uneven. Still, the booklet is complete and without tears or folds. It can be framed and admired -- or utilized as a genealogical reference! |
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