Nice little songbook for USL ships … back in the days when such events took place … today folks are drinking Starbucks and gambling their lives away. Excellent condition and covers over 50 tunes!

Interesting bumper sticker supporting US Shipping. Like New condition. They serve you and U.S.!

Very nice Passport envelope for the SSUS. Each of one of these is numbered and stamped SSUS. Like New condition … never used

Nice baggage tag and ticket envelopes for the USL passenger ships. These are almost  brand new and just delightful .. of course all in R/W/B colored accents.

The smaller version of the Beal brochure announcing the ship’s July 3rd entry into service … these were sent out by the thousands. Includes many of the same colorful Beal renderings and general ship info. The envelope is split on the sides, but worth having!

Probably the best brochure for the mightly SSUS … was this one by Lester Beal. Everything about this brochure is awesome: Hight Quality Heavy textured stock, Lovely preliminary renderings of her interior and a centerfold starboard profile of the ship. Red white and Blue accents throughout .. and the renderings are in full color. One of my favorites … the Beal eagle on the cover is superb.

Great early (mid 20’s) brochure for the South American Services of the Pan American/ Munson Line converted 535 steamers:  American Legion, Western World, Pan America and Southern Cross.  the booklet covers the SA destination in detail with beautiful BW photos and line sketches of exotic ports and various SA scenes. There are several pages dedicated to the ships and their interiors … which also include photos and a page of simple deck plans. A great brochure for these early services.in nice condition … and excellent full color covers.

Late 1930’s deluxe DP brochure for the 3 sisters Uruguay, Argentina and Brazil and there 38 South American cruise services. All 3 ships were built and sailed for Panama Pacific .. but were transferred to American Republics Line in the late 1930s ( which was managed by MM) and eventually sailed directly under the MB banner. This black/ white /red  booklet brochure is in exceptional condition the first few pages cover the cruises and destinations .. the latter pages cover the ships and their interiors etc. Under APL, the basically still sported their PPL Interiors with minor changes … after the war, their interiors would basically rebuilt and updated. Very nice condition and includes the original mailing envelope.

The super deluxe DP brochure for the 3 sisters Uruguay, Argentina and Brazil and there 38 South American cruise services. All 3 ships were built and sailed for Panama Pacific .. but were transferred to American Republics Line in the late 1930s ( which was managed by MM) and eventually sailed directly under the MB banner. This unfolds out into 4 sets of 4 large 8×11 panels … all in exceptional color for the time. The  are also full color ( as stated plans for the Uruguay, Argentina  differed from the Brazil). Good condition with some minor scuffing, pinholes at the folds and typical wear.

Simply the best DP brochure done for the nuclear trailblazer, a George Sharp design. … in the common booklet format used by AEL in the 60’s. Lots of excellent info about the future of Nucler propulsion and the ship’s personal place in history.  Great “cutaway” of her Nuclear plan and how it was arranged and 2 pages of deck plans and 2 pages of Interior photos. Tours are still available several times a year  .. she is moored in Baltimore Harbor.

Excellent brochure for the “write your own ticket” cruises to South America dated January 1979. These 4 Santa ships had been sold by Grace to Delta lines and sailed until about 1984 when they were laid up. 3 of them (Magdalena, Mariana and Maria) were scrapped by 1988, the 4th sister Santa Mercedes was converted to the Training ship Patriot State and survived till 2011. Nice deck and cabin plans and interior views.

Very nice graphic envelop for the SS Western World … one of the little “535” ships that found work under various American lines. This probably held baggage tags / stickers for the guest to use on their Havana Cruise in late December of 1933. Hand written note states the ship sails at 10 PM. Good condition w/ normal wear. Approx 5×7.

Great Little passenger list for the SS Evangeline dated 6/7/47 for Bermuda -Nassau cruises.  Harvey Dunning was in command of the little vessel.  Textured covers in Good condition w/ normal wear.

Lovely like new large fold out for the GWF sisters Metapan, Sixola and Santa Marta. This covers summer and fall cruises out of New Orleans to the Caribbean and West Indies. I would love to have traveled on the banana boats!

Super cool Brochure for the 2 companion ships. the covers are stiff cardboard and the pages are full of blue sepia photos for both ships. The centerfold is the famous Reavis  cut away of the United States. this was printed and stamped specifically for Westheim Travel service NYC and Stamford CT. The back cover does have an arc shaped liquid stain, the interior pages are pristine. Color Graphic of  the 2 ships passing on the Hudson on the front cover and an SSUS funnel on the rear cover.

Excellent brochure for the early USSB fleet .. covering the early ships of the fleet. The USSB owned the ships before being sold to USL, Munson, Pacific Mail, Admiral Orient and Los Angeles SS. The lines covered various routes and services. Full of great b/w mostly full page photography for the ships and their interiors. Covers the Leviathan, the 535 ships, George Washington, America and others. Like New condition. Gorgeous gold detailed scripted cover.

Very nice brochure for the Indy’s 1963 Springtime Mediterranean Cruise. She left NYC March 21st and returned to NYC April 27th after visiting about 16 different ports. There is a gorgeous full color 3/4 centerfold photo of the ship taken from above by a low flying plane. covers all the ports of call with info and photos. 2 pages dedicated to cabins and rates.

Great sailing schedule dated April 10 1925 … covers the fleets larger ships: Leviathan, George Washington, Presidents Harding and Roosevelt, America and Republic. Small 3/4 inch rip on one seam fold. NY agency stamp on back page.

Nice booklet DP foe the AE sisters : Connie and Indy. This is dated October 1956 and in good condition. Contains very nice DP for the ships and have several B/W photos.

Very nice flyer/ fold out for the Dollar Line steamers to California … at least one left NY every Thursday form NY to California. It includes some photos and rate information  and lost of route info … covers the lines largest ships Presidents  Hoover and Coolidge … and all the other smaller liners as well. the main route was through the Panama Canal. Dates 10-15-32.

Excellent brochure for the 2 AE Aces: the Exeter and Excalibur. Full of color photos and deck plans for thee 2 sisters … this is the best brochure for these ladies. Dated 1961 this has a California Agency stamp on the back cover  … excellent condition.

Great set of paper items for the little Alcoa freighter cruises! The nice color folder includes deck plans, b/w photos and lots of information.  The second item is a nice card card insert advertising various cruises (card #7)

Wonderful colorful flyer for the cruise that never happened  … the 16 day Christmas  and NY cruise. Destinations included Madeira, Canary Islands, Africa, the Virgin Islands, Dakar, Funchal and Tenerife. Lots of colorful photos of the ship, rate and room info and General Information. Excellent condition

Unusual sailing schedule for the Admiral Line dated to August 1932. Lots of “Admiral” and “Alexander” ships cover here. The fold out has dark age toning to the heavy stock paper as well as some writing on the cover. Not a common shipping line to find ephemera from … cover west coast services California to Alaska.

Nice Deck plan for the little Evangeline printed on glossy paper. This is a very simple one-sided plan .. and when folded is not completely square. The little vessel ended her life in a spectacular fire.