Cruising The Past Cruise News Liner and Cruise Line History: Does Madona know that Eva Peron had two ships named after her? The Argentine cargo-passengers liners were called the MV EVITA and the MV EVA PERON. They were similar in design to the MV JUAN PERON. The ships operated from Argentina (South America) to Europe ... Read More »
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GOOD MORNING! – Breakfast aboard the Cunard Line when “getting there was half the fun”! MAD MEN memories – during the 1950s and 1960s… Specialty of Cunard: Onion Soup Gratinée Lyonnaise for breakfast…
Specialty of Cunard: Onion Soup Gratinée Lyonnaise for breakfast… During the heyday of Trans-Atlantic service, Cunard Line’s extensive fleet of ships, from the RMS Queen Mary to the RMS Caronia, provided extensive breakfast offerings in all classes. We’ve included first, cabin and tourist class breakfast menus. These menus are for ... Read More »
CRUISING THE PAST AUCTIONS – RMS TITANIC and RMS QUEEN MARY MEMORABILIA…
CRUISING THE PAST AUCTIONS – RMS TITANIC and RMS QUEEN MARY MEMORABILIA… RMS QUEEN MARY AUCTION… April 26th: Grogan and Company Auction: LARGE ASSEMBLAGE OF RMS QUEEN MARY ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS, RENDERINGS AND PLANS; Morris & O’Connor, N.Y., Architects; the renderings of various interior sections of the ship comprising approximately 156 ... Read More »
1930s Liner History – The MS PILSUDSKI … they call this ship the Polish “Titanic”…
MS PILSUDSKI docks in New York – 1938… On November 26 1939, over seventy years have passed since the Polish legendary ocean liner M/S Pilsudski, one of the largest and most modern passenger ships that sailed under the Polish flag, sank off the English coast. Today, the ship herself is ... Read More »
NASCAR’s earliest days forever connected to bootlegging…
Social History: NASCAR’s earliest days forever connected to bootlegging… Bootlegger speeding away. Perfect training ground for NASCAR. The stories would be very nearly clichéd, if they weren’t at the same time oh-so true. If you’re even remotely familiar with NASCAR lore, you know the tales. A bunch of dirt poor ... Read More »
A NEW YORK SUMMER CRUISE TO CANADA – 1937
1937 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 ... Read More »
The RMS QUEEN OF BERMUDA – One of the great mid-century cruise liners…
The RMS Queen of Bermuda docked in Hamilton, Bermuda – 1950s. One of the most beautiful cruise ships of all times. The Furness Line vessel was designed for cruising to Bermuda in the style of a great liner and lasted until 1966. Read More »
REVIEW: AZAMARA CLUB CRUISES and THE AZAMARA JOURNEY – Carrying on a tradition from Cruising the Past when getting there was half the fun!
We are proud to give Azamara Club Cruises a strong recommendation. Azamara follows in the tradition of great yacht like ships such as the elegant Stella Polaris. Considered the most beautiful cruise-ship of her time, she is seen at night in Stockholm, Sweden – mid 1950s. Cruising The Past reviews and recommends cruise-ships ... Read More »
CRUISING THE PAST NEW VIDEOS – Sailing to Alaska in the 1950s…
Our new video of a 1954 sailing aboard the SS ALASKA on a cruise to Alaska and the Inside Passage. 1954 ALASKA CRUISE from CRUISINGTHEPAST.COM on Vimeo. 1954 ALASKA CRUISE – a retro 50s look at a style of cruising and travel now vanished. Video Includes: Views of the ship ... Read More »
The Night Boats – Eastern Steamship Lines…
Eastern Steamship Lines was one of the last American flag coastal passenger services. The steamship Calvin Austin pulls away from the Eastern Steamship Company wharf in Lubec. Pope’s Folly island appears in the immediate background. Austin was President of the Eastern Steamship Company, formed in 1901 by a merger of ... Read More »