Product Description
Fold-out brochure from 1955 for the 6-day Transatlantic crossings from Quebec to Europe (Southampton and Le Havre) aboard the Home Lines ship ss Homeric The brochure was printed in Canada by Home Lines Steamship Agency of Canada Ltd.
The brochure has a photo of the ship's exterior and smaller photos of some of the public rooms (Tourist Class: card room, dining room, library, bar, nursery, lounge; First Class: state room; Sun Deck and Swimming Pool). The brochure also has a description of the ship, room rates for First Class and Tourist Class staterooms during both Thrift Season and Summer Season, and general information for ship passengers.
Condition: the brochure shows . The back panel is damaged from where it was taped to a scrap book, there is a crease on the top left corner, and there is a small 1-inch split at the base of one 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 for the 6-day Transatlantic crossings from Quebec to Europe (Southampton and Le Havre) aboard the Home Lines ship ss Homeric The brochure was printed in Canada by Home Lines Steamship Agency of Canada Ltd.
The brochure has a photo of the ship's exterior and smaller photos of some of the public rooms (Tourist Class: card room, dining room, library, bar, nursery, lounge; First Class: state room; Sun Deck and Swimming Pool). The brochure also has a description of the ship, room rates for First Class and Tourist Class staterooms during both Thrift Season and Summer Season, and general information for ship passengers.
Condition: the brochure shows . The back panel is damaged from where it was taped to a scrap book, there is a crease on the top left corner, and there is a small 1-inch split at the base of one 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.