Nice menu set from the Cabin Class dining room … both are Dinner menus. One is dated 4/1/63 and the second is dated 4/2/63 … (April fools day and my Grandmothers birthday). Nice set with light age toning. The ship was headed east toward Europe.

2 nice menus from September 1962 .. both of there are from the First Class Dining room. Once Luncheon menu form 9/24/62 and one Dinner menu from 9/22/62 both have a little brown age toning of the paper .. but in over all good condition. The ship was headed East on this voyage. Great for Framing !

Very good early blue cover Gala menu for the Tourist class  … dated 2/5/54 … so pretty early in the ships career. Good condition with typical age toning spots and edge wear etc. Some gold colored accents and still has it R/W/B tassel!  Could be framed!

Nice press type photo for the SS Washington … showing her in the locks of the Panama Canal. Crisp image in Black and White. This copy of the Image was from the US Naval Historical archive. *x10 in excellent shape

Nice  blank menu cover for the 4th of July  … with typical age toning and minimal wear.One of the few ” holiday” covers for special meals and celebrations

A nice blank Gala Menu cover for the ship .. with the famous Alyward Image of the ship. Nice condition, a little age toning to the paper.  Easy to frame!

the SSUS had forms for everything! this little sheet could be filled out for any Tournament a passenger desired to participate in while on board. nice list of choices

2 sheets full of Housekeeping facts and figures  for the ship:200 tons of food on each voyage, over 80000 pieces of crockery,9100 square yard of wall to wall carpet and the list goes on and on. these were on the ship for may years and do show their age with toning. this has also been folded in half at some point.

Nice little coaster from one of the many “watering” holes on the ship. I have a number of these is pretty good condition .. harder to find! Great starboard profile of the ship surrounded by a circle of stars.

These trials booklets are hard to come by … even more difficult to find in this great condition. 31 glorious pages of excellent information, statistics, renderings and lists of companies that provided supplies for the ships construction. A very nice item indeed! magnificent  Starboard profile centerfold. Grab it now!

Nice CC passenger list for 1/14/53 … less than a year old! she was leaving NYC for Harve, Southampton and Bremerhaven. super nice glossy cover … almost brand new  with a few scuffs and marks.

Excellent First Class Passenger list dated 7/3/64 … exactly 12 years after the Maiden Voyage departure in 1952 … same route too … Le Harve and Southampton. Nice condition w/ typically expected scuffs. Grab it quick! Red, White and Bule with Gold eagle and script on the cover.

The famous large Beal Brochure for the ship … one of the most handsome brochures ever assembled for any ship. The pages are just loaded with lovely colored renderings of public rooms and cabins / as well as an incredible sleek 50’s port profile and foldout centerfold of the ship. 24 glorious pages of excellent text, specs and graphics. A favorite in great condition with minor scuffs. Get it quick!

A nice copy of the Skinner brochure .. so named for the famous Skinner image of the ship used on the cover. Filled with Black and White interior images of the vessel … as well as facts and specs on the ship itself. The first 2 interior pages and rear cover have some brown toning/ghosting .. but overall this is a very nice copy. These are getting harder to find.

Lovely 5 page mimeograph of the artists and their artworks featured aboard the ship. The corners have some minor curls .. the the pages are clean and full of info about  artwork on the ship (most but not all). I found a whole stack of these on the ship in the early 1990’s when i was onboard and they were still in excellent condition.

One of the hundreds and hundreds of forms used on the ship … this is a Landing Card form P-27 for Tourist Class. Pink and in Excellent shape.

One of the hundreds of forms used on the ship … this one for passengers to use to sign up for onboard competitions.

Undated Cruise Plan for the Mighty SSUS … she took her first cruise in 1962. Her Tourist Class spaces were not used for cruises … so this cruise plan only shows First and Cabin areas of the ship. Made from a heavier tissue paper … this is in great condition. the plans include a lovely starboard side profile photo of the ship. The plan is in great condition with a few little odd folds.

Nice little wine card for the SSUS … great little full hull profile of the liner. It’s possible this is a modern reprint.

Nice brand new Xmas card for the SSUS .. the image is from a painting by George Gaadt. This is an extra card from a set I purchased a number of years ago. Message Inside: Wishing you calm seas and smooth sailings this holiday season.  Excellent unused condition ready to send out.

One of Bills many books on the SSUS. Like New condition, this came in a large collection of books I recently purchased. Lost of Photos … mostly ones we have not seen before.

I Love these mini Beal Brochures! The SSUS interiors are shown in magnificent color renderings  that occupy most of the booklet and the America is just covered with 2 b/w photos on the last pages. The is the early version of this brochure .. as the cover states the ship entering service 7/3/52.   Good condition, with some toning to the white covers and what appears to be some baggage sticker residue on the  front corner.

An “OK” copy for the floating out ceremony and christening  of the SSUS. Over 10 pages of photos and text  … not including the 4 front and back cover shots. This describes the full ceremony and covers USL President John Franklin’s speech in detail. The covers have detached from the booklet itself, … but the info and photos are all there and in good condition, priced accordingly. General wear.

Wonderful 2 page 8 1/2 x 14 legal sized fact sheet that was printed onboard to be given out to the curious passengers. Loaded with Ship Trivia: 21 different types of glasses were used onboard, average of 25 chairs reupholstered each voyage, 9100 square yards of carpeting onboard … and many more interesting tids n bits. These all show some aging and all came of the ship during the 1984 auction.

SS United State as shown, this is probably the most extravagant book on the SSUS … and JM Graham’s final work before he passed away.  A very well written book … in typical JMG style, you probably need a thesaurus nearby to get through the Shakespearean prose of his writing style! IMO, He was never an overly nice or approachable fella… but he was a good author for sure.

This book includes very nice fold out deck plans and quite a few “uncommon” photos. This was only available in a LARGE hardbound version  and the printing and paper quality is exceptional. Overall, you will not be disappointed if you are a true lover of The Big U and crave every shred of information you can find. Great condition .. with a few cover edge bumps and scuffs.