Cruising The Past Cruise News Cruise 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 ... Read More »
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1950s ALASKA CRUISE – Retro August 1954 look at the final days of the Alaska Steamship Company
1950s ALASKA CRUISE – Retro August 1954 look at the final days of the Alaska Steamship Company with a history of the famous organization that provided passenger service to the far north. A fond farewell. The SS Denali ends the era of passenger service for the Alaska Steamship Company as ... Read More »
Can you identify these two ships?
Identify these two ships. There were no captions. One appears to be a coastal night boat and the other a steamer from the 1920s. Crusiing the past – cruise history puzzle! Read More »
A nostalgic look at the SS CATALINA and SS AVALON.
1950s RETRO: THE BIG WHITE CRUISE SHIP SAILS AGAIN TO CATALINA ISLAND! from CRUISINGTHEPAST.COM on Vimeo. A nostalgic look at the SS CATALINA and SS AVALON. They were called the BIG WHITE STEAMERS. These day tourist steamships operated together by William Wrigley Company from 1920 into the early 1950s — ... Read More »
Cruising The Past begins second year looking at cruise history.
Our cruise history website begins its second year as a growing encyclopedic source of cruise, steamship and liner information. Cruising The Past also deals with the history of famous trains and hotels. This popular cruise history chronicle of travel has grown during the past twelve months. Cruising The Past now ... Read More »
End Of An Era – The merchant fleets, passenger liners, diminished after the 1950s and 1960s.
End Of An Era – The merchant fleets – passenger liners – diminished after the 1950s and 1960s. Passenger ships, flying European and American flags, such as the United States, France, QE 2, Rotterdam, Lurline, would soon be under foreign flags and served by foreign nationals. Stewards were no longer ... Read More »
Norwegian Cruise Line’s new Norwegian Epic to accommodate “epic size” Americans and feature cuisine by Applebee’s.
April 1, 2009 – Norwegian Cruise Line today unveiled the first images of its new 153,000-gross ton, 4,200-passenger Norwegian Epic, the company’s largest and most innovative Freestyle Cruising ship to date. The ship will feature the most recognizable names in eating and travel. This is being done to make the ... Read More »
Cruising the Past in the 1920s: Travel and society in the twenties. The “Lost Generation” aboard ships, trains and hotels. Getting there for Americans was “half the fun”!
A great youtube video of Flappers… They sailed and cruised aboard foreign flag liners that sold booze… They crossed America aboard great trains… They stayed in famous hotels… Read More »
Cruise Line History – A video voyage back in time aboard the great ships and liners…
Another great video from Aaron1912 on youTUBE… Read More »
SS UNITED STATES is up for sale and could end up as scrap metal. Will the QE 2 be next?
The great ocean liner SS United States docked next to Ikea in Philadelphia has been put up for sale. A preservation group for the mothballed ocean liner fears a buyer could end up using it as scrap metal. Steven Ujifusa, who was a volunteer production assistant for the above video, ... Read More »