Product Description
Fold-out brochure from 1955 introducing the Home Lines ship ss Homeric which entered service with them in 1955. The brochure was printed in Canada by Home Lines Steamship Agency of Canada Ltd.
The brochure describes the ship and has many black and white and color photos of the ship and its interior and exterior and staff including Captain Giovanni Ruffini, First Class Card Room, First Class and Tourist Class cabins, First Class Writing Room, Theatre, Taverna Night Club (Tourist), Lido Bar and Pool, Observation Lounge, Promenade Deck, and several others.
Condition: the brochure shows wear. The back panel is damaged from where it was taped to a scrap book (with a large 3 inch white mark and tear). There are also small 1-inch splits at the bottom of 3 of the seams. See photos.
The 26,000 ton ss Homeric entered service in 1932 as the U.S. registered Matson Line ship ss Mariposa and provided service in the Pacific from the US West Coast to Hawaii, Samoa, Fiji, Australia, and New Zealand. The ship served as a U.S. troop ship during World War 2 from 1941-1945. The ship was then sold to Home Lines and entered service with them as a 2-class ship (1st class, tourist class) on its trans Atlantic service in 1955 after being lengthened and rebuilt. In 1964 it switched to providing Caribbean cruises as a 1-class ship. The ship suffered a major fire in its restaurant and galley in 1973 and was scrapped in 1974.
Product Description
Fold-out brochure from 1955 introducing the Home Lines ship ss Homeric which entered service with them in 1955. The brochure was printed in Canada by Home Lines Steamship Agency of Canada Ltd.
The brochure describes the ship and has many black and white and color photos of the ship and its interior and exterior and staff including Captain Giovanni Ruffini, First Class Card Room, First Class and Tourist Class cabins, First Class Writing Room, Theatre, Taverna Night Club (Tourist), Lido Bar and Pool, Observation Lounge, Promenade Deck, and several others.
Condition: the brochure shows wear. The back panel is damaged from where it was taped to a scrap book (with a large 3 inch white mark and tear). There are also small 1-inch splits at the bottom of 3 of the seams. See photos.
The 26,000 ton ss Homeric entered service in 1932 as the U.S. registered Matson Line ship ss Mariposa and provided service in the Pacific from the US West Coast to Hawaii, Samoa, Fiji, Australia, and New Zealand. The ship served as a U.S. troop ship during World War 2 from 1941-1945. The ship was then sold to Home Lines and entered service with them as a 2-class ship (1st class, tourist class) on its trans Atlantic service in 1955 after being lengthened and rebuilt. In 1964 it switched to providing Caribbean cruises as a 1-class ship. The ship suffered a major fire in its restaurant and galley in 1973 and was scrapped in 1974.