Absolutely one of the best brochures for the Panama Pacific coast to coast service  … and Highlighting their 3 newest ships turbo electric ships: California, Virginia and Pennsylvania. these are 3 of my favorite ships (they had interesting design and long and varied lives). At the time of their construction, they were the largest passenger ships ever built in America. Excellent large B/W interior photos. A very special brochure. the covers show a little discoloration and very light soiling  .. the contents are almost perfect. Agency stamp on the front cover adds to the charm.

Dated for the service held on may 12 1957 and lead by Captain Nelson. Nice item, that has been folded!

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

Nice FC plan for the lovely and beloved America. This dates from March of 1957. These are full of color coded plans, room dimensions, b/w photography, cabin layouts and the wonderful Beal profile at the centerfold. A super set of plans! FT Lauderdale agency stamp.

Nice FC plan for the lovely and beloved America. By their design, these date from the 54-56 or so … not dates that I can see. These are full of color coded plans, room dimensions, b/w photography, cabin layouts and the wonderful Beal profile at the centerfold. Miami Florida Agency stamp. You cant go wrong with these plans!

Excellent 3 plan set dates January 1954 covering FC, CC and TC. These are full color plans and include very nice color photography for cabins an public rooms. Fairly difficult to have a set of plans for a specific year … even rarer to have them all from the same month. These have very minor soiling and a few small edge imperfections … darn good shape! Lots of info, facts and figures. Grab this set quick!

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.

Super cool CC plan for the America … dates to the late 40’s early 50’s before the SSUS joined the fleet. nice color coded deck plans with good b/w photography of cabin and public spaces. Excellent color Starboard profile of the ship showing top to bottom deck names. Very good conditions with tiny bits of edge and foldline wear.

Nice SS America sailing schedule 3 panel flyer from July 1949 … for the 49-50 season. Small wrinkle to the upper left hand corner..

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.

A Lovely linen PC for the Washington. The text on the back mentions the America coming into service in 1940 .. so this dates for the very late 1930’s. Good condition.

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 super rare menu cover from the SS America when she sailed briefly for Venture Cruise Lines … just 2 voyages. Venture and the ship were just not prepared to start operations … the ship was in poor condition and the passengers basically demanded the ship return to shore to escape the hellish conditions onboard. Such a rare item!

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.

Nice printed stock share sheet sold to the Wertheim company in 1956. Just love the rendering of the America in the crest. Sealed in plastic

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.

Another one of bill many many books … this one with a focused look into American Shipping. Good like new condition.

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.