Cruising The Past Cruise News 
Excellent video on Cunard Line’s RMS QUEEN ELIZABETH… Cruise History – The RMS Queen Elizabeth was the second of the two ocean-liners which Cunard had built for the New York service. After lengthy negotiations between Sir Percy Bates, chairman of Cunard, and the Government a formal contract for what was ... Read More »
PRESIDENT TRUMAN’S “WHISTLE-STOP” CAMPAIGN AND THE END OF A TRADITION IN AMERICAN POLITICS.
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 »
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 »
