Cruising The Past Cruise News Social History: Excellent home footage of President Truman on his campaign train “whistle-stop”… Rear of train and Sam Wah cafe during during Harry Truman’s Whistle Stop tour. Austin, Texas. – 1948 The “whistle-stop” tour has been a tradition in American politics since the mid-1800s. Politicians travelled the nation by train, ... Read More »
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THE 20th CENTURY LIMITED – HISTORY OF THE “RED CARPET” AND A GREAT TRAIN –
RED CARPET TREATMENT STARTED WITH THE 20TH CENTURY LIMITED –TRAIN OF TYCOONS AND STARS THAT RAN NIGHTLY BETWEEN NEW YORK AND CHICAGO Have you wondered where the much-overused phrase “the red carpet treatment” originated? It all started with the 20th Century Limited. It was a “Magic Carpet” high speed overnight ... Read More »
STEVE JOBS’ YACHT “VENUS” PREMIERES
SOCIAL HISTORY – Steve Jobs’ Yacht “Venus” Premiers… Steve Jobs’ yacht “Venus” is launched… You couldn’t expect Apple founder Steve Jobs to cruise the world in an off-the-shelf yacht. Sadly, he died before the launch on Sunday of the custom yacht that Dutch shipbuilder Koninklijke De Vries was building for him. The ... Read More »
U.S.S. WILLIAMSBURG – PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN’S PRESIDENTIAL YACHT IS STILL FOR SALE…
The Presidential Yacht Williamsburg at the Naval Station Key West during a visit by President Truman. CRUISE AND SOCIAL HISTORY U.S.S. WILLIAMSBURG – PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN’S PRESIDENTIAL YACHT… Excellent video of Truman aboard the yacht on vacation. President Harry Truman’s presidential yacht, the vessel once known as the U.S.S. Williamsburg ... Read More »
CROSSING THE EQUATOR on the MOORE-McCORMACK LINES
On the 9th July 1913 Messrs. McCormack and Moore (both just shy of 33 years of age) formed Moore & McCormack Company, Incorporated, to charter ships, then to own them. Capitalized at $5,000 with three officer-directors (Henry F. Molloy, as Secretary), with two desks in a ninth floor office of ... Read More »
Hollywood to Honolulu – Filming aboard the SS CALAWAII in 1932…
A Turner Classic Movies preview from ONE WAY PASSAGE aboard the SS CALAWAII in 1932 – great view of LASSCO’s steamship SS CALAWAII arriving in Honolulu. Kay Francis and William Powell filming aboard the SS CALAWAII. With three-quarters of its scenes actually made at sea aboard LASSCO’s SS CALAWAII, especially ... Read More »
LAST STREETCAR IN CLEVELAND, OHIO
Social History – Last Streetcar in Cleveland, Ohio. Last run of the Clark Avenue Trolley – 1940s… Cleveland Trolley Car 4068 at West 25th St. and Bridge Ave. in Cleveland, Ohio. Like most large American cites, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, had a large network of streetcar lines in the first half ... Read More »
CRUISE HISTORY: CUNARD LINE’S RMS QUEEN ELIZABETH – THE LAST GREAT TRANS-ATLANTIC LINER
CRUISE and SOCIAL HISTORY: CUNARD LINE’S RMS QUEEN ELIZABETH ‘THE LAST GREAT TRANS-ATLANTIC LINER The RMS Queen Elizabeth sailing into ... Read More »
SOCIAL HISTORY: THE LOS ANGELES TIMES – THE DECLINE AND FALL OF A GREAT NEWSPAPER…
SOCIAL HISTORY: THE LOS ANGELES TIMES – FROM THE CHANDLER FAMILY TO SAM ZELL – THE DECLINE AND FALL OF A GREAT NEWSPAPER… HOW LONG WILL IT LAST? NORMAN CHANDLER (THE FAMILY THAT FOUNDED THE LOS ANGELES TIMES) ON THE COVER LIFE – WHEN THE LA TIMES WAS A GREAT ... Read More »
FIRST CLASS HISTORY: CRYSTAL CRUISE LINES AND ITS NOBEL PARENTS – NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA (NYK LINE)
FIRST CLASS HISTORY: CRYSTAL CRUISE LINES AND ITS NOBEL PARENTS – NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA (NYK LINE) Excellent Video: N.Y.K. Line passenger ship M.S. Chichibu Maru sets sail in 1935 for Shanghai, Hawaii and San Francisco. The video is probably one of the few surviving films of NYK’s great passenger service. The NYK Line ... Read More »