This is a great double deck of playing cards in a green velvet & gold foil slide box with a green ribbon pull. Cards used, but in excellent condition - complete with two Jokers per deck. The ship pictured on the card backs is one of the line's container vessels - apparently photographed just off New Orleans in the Mississippi. A very nice deck!

Luggage stickers - these bear magnificent graphics and a perforated strip at each end - one says State Room, the other Baggage Room, allowing you to tear one off, with the appropriate destination remaining! Unused & mint!

A rectangular baggage tag printed in black and blue on red. Unused, and showing only light wear.

A six panel fold-out featuring schedules and accommodation plans for various Eastern Steamship Lines vessels. The deck plans for SS Acadia and SS Saint John are printed on the brochure, and the plans for SS Yarmouth and SS Evangeline are included on a separate sheet. Excellent condition overall, showing a narrow strip of fading along the outermost spine, and some minor separation at the corners. The insert with Evangeline's deck plan is perfect.

A five panel timetable for Eastern Steamship Lines sailings. The cover features an illustration which appeared on Eastern schedules and brochures for a number of years. This example in excellent condition.

A First Class passenger list, 7/7/49, eastbound voyage. Brochure/booklet format in light blue bearing signal flags. Some minor corner damage to the back cover.

Another passenger list, this one 1/27/51. Appears to have been a single-class Caribbean cruise. Pencil dots next to some passengers' names, corner dings, else very nice.

A neat handout acquired with a group of items from a 1959 crossing on Liberté. This sheet lists the line's total tonnage, (1959) and lists the number of CGT vessels in service at 78. It projects an increase of tonnage for 1960, with 10 additional vessels to be added to the fleet. It also announces the planned 1962 entry into service of the SS France. The piece had been folded once, and a tear exists at top and bottom. Still very good condition, and an interesting item.

Wonderful ephemera from the SS France! Four betting stubs from the "horse races" held on board for the entertainment of the passengers. Wooden horses were advanced along a course set on the floor, and passengers could place bets on the outcome. These particular items came to us with some menus and programs from a 1967 voyage. Note that we have quite a number available in various colors from different races, and they may not exactly match those pictured.

The August 6, 1967 edition of L'Atlantique, published during a voyage on board SS France with news received by "Teletypewriter."

A very nice Cabin Class passenger list from the Ile de France, sailing from New York on April 1, 1954. Colorful signal flag cover. Saved for us by Miss Mary O'Brien, who you will find in the list. A great example.

A neat, shield-shaped luggage sticker from Liberté, this style a bit simpler than those found from earlier in her career. Dated 1958, though these were obtained with some promotional materials from the following year. We acquired several of these; each has minor adhesive loss to the reverse, but none has been used.

An eastbound passage ticket envelope from CGT, acquired in a lot of paper from a crossing aboard Normandie. Excellent condition, though unfortunately without the ship's name.

A westbound passage ticket envelope - another item acquired with a lot of Normandie paper. The ship's name does not appear on this item, still a nice piece of ephemera from CGT.

This is an interesting item recently acquired - an oil-on-board portrait of SS Paris. The work is signed "T J Collin" followed by the word "copy" written at an angle. One wonders if this indicates that the piece is a copy of a work by T J Collin, of if T J Collin is the artist who executed this painting, or none of the above! Well done, though we would not call it "professionally" done; certainly circa early 30's as indicated by the condition of the mount. This is a charming piece, and we see liner portraits so infrequently, it was impossible to turn this one down!

This French Line tag, for "Hold Baggage", is beautifully illustrated with a portrait of the Paris loading passengers at her pier. Reverse in red. Excellent, unused condition.

First Class tag for "Stateroom Baggage". A colorful illustration of the Paris, with the reverse in dark blue. Quite a nice tag in great, unused condition.

A beautiful CGT luggage sticker featuring the line flag with space allotted to passenger info. Printed in three colors, the background is dark blue. Quite an attractive sticker, unused, and in excellent condition.

The letter "X" on a circular luggage sticker from CGT. Printed in red and dark blue on white. Unused, and in excellent condition.

A circular luggage sticker from CGT bearing the letter "R". Bright red and dark blue on white, printed in France. Excellent condition.

A wonderful, typed letter on French Line stationery, sent from the "Passenger Traffic Department", and extolling the virtues of traveling in the former 3rd Class quarters of Rochambeau, La Savoie and De Grasse. It is noted that the new rates and altered accommodations would be especially attractive to "...students, war veterans, and tourists who desire to practice economy".

A very nice brochure which opens to a 20 page passage rates booklet for Liberté, Ile de France, and Flandre, issued 27 August, 1965. The traveler ended up sailing on the Queen Mary, however she was kind enough to save for us the CGT and US Lines ephemera she received from her booking agent as well. Very nice condition.

An undated telegram sent to benefactress Mrs. Harry Guny from the Children of the Jewish Orphanage of Rhode Island, wishing her "Bon Voyage". A charming memento.

Saved for us by Miss Mary O'Brien, a baggage tag from a November 1951 cruise aboard the Ocean Monarch - certainly a delightful voyage as the ship was brand new. The tag is in very nice, used condition.

Here we have a little, leather-bound, pocket sized book from the Furness Line titled "The Idle Hour". But wait! It's not a book at all, but a cleverly designed case holding a deck of playing cards! This has got to be one of the most delightful decks of cards we have seen in quite a while. The case is stitched leather with a snap closure and gilt detailing, including the line flag which appears at lower right. When closed, three sides of the cards are exposed, giving the impression of gilt-edged pages. The cards are from the famous British firm of John Waddington, Ltd. of Leeds and London, (the case by Mead and Fuller). The card backs are decorated with a mirrored house flag in deep purple and metallic gold, and though well-used and showing slight cupping, the edges retain a hint of their gilt finish. The deck contains 52 cards with no Jokers. Wonderful!

A nice woven hand towel which must have accidentally slipped into someone's luggage! This is a white-on-white textured cotton towel, 22½" x 17½", woven with the line name in the center horizontal bar. Immaculate condition.

A small, brochure format deck plan for both ships, which opens to 15" x 20½", and shows four passenger decks.

A wonderful example of 1930's steamship advertising! This is a Grace Line travel poster. A true pity that the artist is unidentified, but the work is a delight! The poster depicts a pair of Norman Rockwell-esque pirates contemplating a ping-pong table, presumably placed on the sports deck of a Grace Line steamer that has been boarded somewhere in the Caribbean. The poster has been mounted to a sheet of ¼" Masonite, and there has been some debate as to whether or not this is its original state. Our opinion is that, if not original, at least the mount was professionally done and was executed early in the poster's life, and has resulted in the preservation of this marvelous image! A true gem for the Grace Line aficionado or the transportation art and poster collector.

We were quite pleased to locate this wonderful Grace Line portrait of the Santa Lucia, unframed, but still with its original, custom printed mat. Considering the vintage of this piece, the colors are wonderfully preserved, and any toning from age or cigarette smoke has been kept at an extreme minimum. The mat features the Grace Line globe logo at top center. The line name and ports of call appear at bottom, and the ship's name, along with the names of her sisters, appears just beneath the image at left. Interestingly, much of the information printed on the mat was found to be printed almost identically beneath the mat on the image itself. Much in need of an appropriate frame, we found one in black with a cable border, which turned out to be amazingly similar to an original frame found recently on a portrait of the Nieuw Amsterdam of approximately the same vintage. The mat, as it was unprotected when found, does show some scratching and staining at the bottom corners, and there are a few, very small scratches on the image itself. Still very good to excellent due not only to its rarity but the quality of the image.

Quite a nice list from Grace Line's Santa Lucia, sailing for New York from Valparaiso on July 12, 1940. An extensive itinerary, visiting several South American ports. Eight pages plus cover. The list has been folded vertically, but this has not left a hard crease, only a bend in the card stock. There is a light stain at right, else very nice.

A cruise to the Caribbean aboard Santa Rosa, departing New York on 14 November, 1947. Embossed cover featuring the Grace Line globe logo in black, green, and gold. Light toning at the top edge and spine, and the central page has pulled away from the staples, otherwise very good condition.

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A return trip to New York from the Caribbean on board SS Santa Rosa, departing Curacao on 22 November, 1947. A touch of toning at the top edge, otherwise very good condition.

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A used tag from Grace Line - unfortunately not dated, but the printer's code includes the numbers: 3-36. A luggage sticker has been affixed to the verso of this tag. Showing some wear, but still a nice example of a used tag.

Casual Cruises to Peru on board the Grace Line's Santa Maria and Santa Luisa. This four panel folder opens to 16" x 27", and includes a number of black & white photos of both the ships' interiors and ports of call. Just a tiny bit of wear to the right edge of the outer panel, else excellent.

Grace Line cruises in 1965 and 1966. A nice folder, illustrated with color and black & white photos, as well as colorful graphics. Five panels, opening to 19" x 18". Excellent condition.

A three panel folder detailing rates and schedules for the Santa Barbara, Santa Elena, Santa Isabel, and Santa Luisa. Excellent condition.

Fares and schedules for Caribbean and South American cruises, detailed in a four panel folder. Ships noted are the Santa Magdalena, Santa Mariana, Santa Maria, and Santa Mercedes. Excellent condition.

An exceptional folder promoting Grace Line cruises to the Caribbean and the Pacific Coast of South America. Eight panels, opening to 30" x 18". Illustrated almost entirely with color photos - ten of which are shipboard scenes. The reverse features the color-coded deck plan and fare schedule for the Santa Magdalena, Santa Mariana, Santa Maria, and Santa Mercedes. A very nice artist's rendering of one of the ships at sea spans three panels. Excellent condition.

A seven panel folder advertising cruises to the Caribbean and the Pacific Coast of South America on board the Santa Magdalena, Santa Mariana, Santa Maria, and Santa Mercedes. Opening to 27¼" x 18", the brochure features a color-coded deck plan keyed to a large, broadside rendering of one of the ships. Color photos illustrate shipboard activities and ports of call. Excellent condition.

A neat schedule and rates booklet for 1969-1970 sailings. Timetable size, booklet format; the last panel features a gate fold accommodation plan, which opens to 15½" x 9", and is color-coded. Illustrated throughout with color photos. Excellent condition.

Rates, schedule, and accommodation plan for Grace's "Forty Day Casual Cruise." Timetable size, booklet format, with a gatefold deck plan. Illustrated throughout with color photos. Excellent condition.

Promotional folder and accommodation plan, issued for the 1953 season of Mississippi River cruise aboard the famous Delta Queen. Timetable size, opening to 16" x 18". Excellent condition.

Brochure, schedule, and accommodation plan for the SS Delta Queen, and her popular Mississippi River cruises. Three panel folder, which opens to a 10 page booklet, illustrated with color photographs. Excellent condition.