Freighters of the 1950s and ’60s – with masts, booms & hatches – were the last of their generation. It was the end of an era, just before the massive transition to faster, more efficient containerized
A nostalgic look back over a century of French ocean travel—with several previously unpublished photos France produced some of the finest, most luxurious, best decorated passenger ships of the 20th ce
Celebrating the passenger liners of the 1920s—the zenith of ocean travel, with an anecdote-spiced text from a noted passenger liner expert and unpublished photos from private collectionsThis book focu
The latest in the Classic Liners series evokes the glamour and ambience of two of the most beloved liners of the 1950sIle de France, completed in 1927, was a hugely famous prewar liner, a ship with un
The glamour age of ocean liner travel was the 1950s. Nothing could compete with the ocean liner and huge profits were made by the shipping lines. William H Miller tells the story of Luxury Liner Row i
More than 150 rare photographs reveal stages in the ship's construction and its christening, as well as intimate views of modern lounges with paneled walls and fireplaces, staterooms and dining rooms
Scores of rare photographs recall one of the most graceful, fast, and luxuriously outfitted ships of the 20th century. Views of lounges and staterooms, shots of the ship in port, depictions of its glo
This nostalgic book follows the story of the last class-divided passenger ships that carried travellers from point to point. Not port-filled cruise ships, in those final years, spanning the 1940s thro
Founded in 1873, the Holland America Line provided services carrying passengers and freight between the Netherlands and North America. When the Second World War ended, only nine of Holland America Lin
The federal immigration station on Ellis Island, in Upper New York Bay, opened on 1 January 1892. In the peak years of immigration to the United States, between 1905 and 1914, an average of 1 million
The 1954 film On the Waterfront brought to life the New York docks of the 1950s, when it was often said that a ship, usually a freighter, arrived or departed every twenty-four minutes, around the cloc
The British India Steam Navigation Company Limited, dating from 1862, was one of Britain’s largest and most important shipping firms and has been owned by the even larger P&O since 1914. BI, as it was
It was one of the most important British liner routes of all – the express run from Southampton to the South African Cape. Carrying passengers as well as cargo, including the all-important mail, it wa
The story of the world's fastest passenger liner, from Blue Riband winning maiden voyage to abandonment in Philadelphia and her possible restoration as the most famous ocean liner of the post-war peri
Full of previously unpublished images and insightful text, a nostalgic look back at a century of U.S. passenger shipsThe United States has produced some of the world's finest, most interesting, advanc
It was an age of evolution, when size and speed were almost the ultimate considerations.?Bigger was said to be better, and ship owners were not exempted from the prevailing mood, while the German four
In honor of the historic year (2008) in which all three ships were in service, Miller collects color and b&w photos and descriptions of the Cunard line's three Queens: Queen Elizabeth 2, Queen Mar
Completed in the early 1960s, the France was the last of the great French Line passenger ships on the celebrated run to and from New York. She was not only the national flagship, but the longest liner
Brings together a collection of images of noted maritime historian's favourite Greek liners and tells of the history of the Greek fleets that made the world of cruising so exciting over the years.
Superb pictorial history of the company's fleet of formidable passenger ships: Ile de France, Normandie, Liberte, Colombie, Antilles, Flandre, France, and many more. Over 170 black-and-white photograp
Some 200 superb photographs — in long shots and close-ups — capture exquisite interiors of world’s great "floating palaces" — 1890s to 1980s: Titanic, Ile de France, Queen Elizabeth, United States, Eu
Fascinating pictorial record of the last of the great ocean liners and rise of luxurious cruise ships. Interior, exterior views of Song of Norway, Rotterdam, Oceanic, Liberte, Queen Elizabeth, QE2, Qu
