A Postcard History of the Passenger Liner

Author: Christopher Deakes
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493077627
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 161

Book Description
From around 1880, for almost a hundred years, shipowners commissioned a wealth of paintings that depicted their magnificent liners as well as the routes they travelled, their exotic destinations, and life onboard. These paintings, rich in imagination and atmosphere, appeared on postcards and posters of the day and were used to advertise the companies and their ships; and so was born a whole genre that produced tens of thousands of paintings which formed a wonderful record of the great era of the passenger liner. In 1900, there were over thirty shipping companies operating passenger liners across the North Atlantic. Other oceans were similarly served. But now, with just a few exceptions, the companies and their liners have disappeared along with the art they once inspired. Little remains to recall this aspect of our maritime past except the postcards; and they tell an evocative story of the vanished world of elegant ships and leisurely travel, of social and political times much changed by the history of the past century. Here, brought vividly to life in more than 500 colourful postcards, are the ships on which so many of our predecessors sailed—as emigrants, soldiers, administrators, or simply as tourists—in days long past. These cards, which are now highly collectable, show how steamships developed over the years, but they are also a fine tribute to the artists who painted them. This volume also includes a glossary of some 170 illustrators, which forms an important reference section, and advice on collecting.

Ocean Liner Postcards in Marine Art, 1900-1945

Author: Robert Wall
Publisher: ACC Distribution
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 166

Book Description
The cards provide an enduring record of the great age of intercontinental travel by sea. This book gives a fascinating picture of a more leisured age before the advent of the jet airliner.

Postcards

Author: Lydia Pyne
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 178914485X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 233

Book Description
A global exploration of postcards as artifacts at the intersection of history, science, technology, art, and culture. Postcards are usually associated with banal holiday pleasantries, but they are made possible by sophisticated industries and institutions, from printers to postal services. When they were invented, postcards established what is now taken for granted in modern times: the ability to send and receive messages around the world easily and inexpensively. Fundamentally they are about creating personal connections—links between people, places, and beliefs. Lydia Pyne examines postcards on a global scale, to understand them as artifacts that are at the intersection of history, science, technology, art, and culture. In doing so, she shows how postcards were the first global social network and also, here in the twenty-first century, how postcards are not yet extinct.

Boat Trains: The English Channel & Ocean Liner Specials

Author: Martyn Pring
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN: 1526761939
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 636

Book Description
A study of the specialty train, including its history, development, and operation beginning at the end of the nineteenth century. In many ways this title, featuring the evolution of cross-channel boat trains and the many dedicated services responsible for moving international passengers to and from trans-Atlantic steamers, is an extension of luxury railway travel. But that’s not the full story as it encapsulates more than 125 years of independent and organised tourism development. At the end of the nineteenth century, faster and more stable twin-screw vessels replaced cross-channel paddlers resulting in a significant expansion in the numbers of day excursionists and short-stay visitors heading to Belgium, France and the Channel Islands. Continental Europe, as it had done since the end of the Napoleonic Wars beckoned, introducing ideas of modern-day mass tourism. Numerous liners bestriding the globe were British domiciled. Major ports became hives of commercial activity involving moving freight and mail, as well as transporting all manner of travellers. Not only was there intense competition for passenger traffic between the Old and New World and Britain’s imperial interests, greater numbers of well-heeled tourists headed off to warmer winter climes, and also experimented with the novel idea of using ocean steamers as hotels to visit an array of diverse destinations. Cruise tourism and the itinerary had arrived as ‘Ocean Special’ boat trains became essential components of railway and port procedures. Whilst some railway operations were dedicated to emigrant traffic, continental and ocean liner boat trains were also synonymous with the most glamorous travel services ever choreographed by shipping lines and railway companies working closely in tandem. This well illustrated book explores the many functions of boat train travel. “This book should appeal to the rail fan, the ship enthusiast, the connoisseur of travel posters and those interested in the business of transportation. I know of nowhere else one can find so much information on boat train operation in one book. . . . Well worth a read by anyone interested in the interconnectivity of different means of public transportation.” —Charles H. Bogart, Steamship Historical Society of America

Fore River Shipyard

Author: Wayne G. Miller
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 0738597988
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 129

Book Description
History of the Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts. Includes photographs and information about the many ships launched from here.

RMS Lusitania - A History in Picture Postcards

Author: Eric Sauder
Publisher: History PressLtd
ISBN: 9780750962803
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 128

Book Description
Lusitania was an engineering marvel, at one time the largest, fastest and most opulent vessel in the world. When she was sunk by a German submarine on 7 May 1915, with the loss of about 1,200 lives, it sent shockwaves around the world. The iconic passenger liner immediately became a weapon in the Allied propaganda war, helping to shift American public opinion against Germany and influencing the USA's eventual entry into the First World War. Her many achievements and successes were largely forgotten. This volume tells Lusitania's story from construction to the aftermath of her sinking in remarkable contemporary postcards.

Sea Breezes

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Shipping
Languages : en
Pages : 588

Book Description

Story of the "Titanic" Postcards

Author: Frank O. Braynard
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 9780486256115
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
In this remarkable collection, 24 reproductions of historic photographs and paintings recapture the character, magnitude, spirit and tragedy of the great ship. All cards are identified by brief, descriptive notes, perforated and easily detachable for sending or saving.

Detroit

Author: Richard Bak
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439618089
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 132

Book Description
View evocative and historical images in postcards from the early days of Detroit. Postcard photographers traveled the length and breadth of the nation snapping photographs of busy street scenes, documenting local landmarks, and assembling crowds of neighborhood children only too happy to pose for a picture. These images, printed as postcards and sold in general stores across the country, survive as telling reminders of an important era in America's history.

Ships Monthly

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ships
Languages : en
Pages : 716

Book Description