Steamships, Ocean Travel, Daily Life Aboard A Steamer
Discover what life was like on board the steamship through historical articles richly illustrated with photographs and illustrations from the 1870s through the 1950s.
Provisions
- 1899 Housekeeping on an Ocean Steamship Just how they feed and tend to all those thousands of passengers.
- 1901 Provisioning A Transatlantic Ocean Liner Stocking the Steamship Deutschland for Voyage
- 1914 Provisioning The S.S. Kronprinz Wilhelm
Ship Tonnage, Weights and Measures
- 1920 Cargo And Carrying Capacity - Computations and Detailed Explanations
- 1932 Ship Tonnage Explained Deadweight, Cargo, Gross, Net, Displacement
Steamship Captains
- 1886 Transatlantic Steamship Captains
- Cunard Line
- White Star Line
- Inman Line
- Guion Line
- Anchor Line
- National Line
- American Line
- Red Star Line
- North German Lloyd
- CGT French Line
- 1895 Captains of the Great Atlantic Ocean Liners
- 1897 Captains of Atlantic Liners
- Captain W. H. P. Hains, S.S. Campania, Cunard Line
- Captain E. R. McKinstry, R.N.R., S.S. Germanic, White Star Line
- Captain Thompson, S.S. Georgic, White Star Line
- Captain John C. Jamison, S.S. St Paul, American Line
- 1901 Steamship Captain Duties And Responsibilities All In a Days' Work - Richly Illustrated with 12 excellent quality photographs.
- 1908 The Captain of the Ocean Liner
Steamship Crews
- 1894 Stewardess On An Ocean Liner
- 1903 Steamship Stewarding - Steward's Handbook
- 1904 How Steamship Opertations Are Organized
- 1904 Stewards on an Ocean Liner
- 1905 Trained Nurses on Ocean Liners
- 1906 The Crew of an Ocean Liner
- 1911 The Organization of the Steamship Crew at Sea
Transatlantic Ships and Voyages
- 1870 The Ocean Steamer One of the most striking objects of interest to a stranger visiting New York is the ocean steamer.
- 1877Steamship Lines - Transatlantic Passenger Traffic Between British, US and Canadian Ports. Includes information on ports used and sailing days.
- 1897 Twelve Days on A German Steamship A Food For Thought in 1897 - Article concentates on the food and service provided by the German steamship lines in 1897.
- 1886 Development of the Steamship
- Ocean Passenger Travel (1891)
- Ocean Steamships (1882)
- 1901 Story of the Steamship (23 Illustrations and Photographs)
Stowaways
- 1907 Pretty Russian Girl Is Stowaway At Ellis Island
- 1910 Italian Girl Stowaway iHeld At Ellis Island
- 1922 Former Stewardess Now Stowaway Lands At Ellis Island
- 1928 Stowaways on Steamships - A Reporter's Exposé If you've ever wondered what happens to Stowaways on board the steamships, here's the scoop.
Interest Facts About Steamships, Etc.
- Steamship Fun Facts, Interesting Factoids
- 1889 Night Signals of Transatlantic Steamships
- 1889 Safety on the Ocean
- 1889 Schedule of Time Across the Atlantic Quickening the Time It Takes to Cross the Atlantic
- 1889 Steamship Barbers and Barber Shops
- 1889 Steamship Bell Time - Crew Watch Shifts
- 1920 Aerial Mail At Sea How Mail is Dropped on Liners by Airplanes
- 1922 Federal Documents Requried for Ocean Carriers
- Most Popular Steamships - Top Ten Rankings 1880s to 1954
Steamship Sanitation Facilities
- 1906 Bathing On A Steamship
- 1912 Sanitation Of A Modern Ocean Liner
- 1913 Bathing Facilities Of The Modern Steamship
Other Articles of Interest
- 1904-07-16 The New White Star Liner Baltic - The Largest Vessel in the World
- 1904-06-11 An Explanation of Wireless Telegraphy by the Cunard Line
- 1904-10-11 Deep Sea Journalism - The Beginnings of the Cunard Daily Bulletin (Keeping Passengers Informed via Marconi's Wireless Telegraphy)
