Liners Collection (page 8)

Cunard Line R. M. S. Mauretania
Cunard Line R.M.S. Mauretania. Holder of the Blue Riband for the fastest transatlantic crossing (1907- 1929)

Title page, Orient Line Steamer Guide

Scenes on board the SS Austral: the drawing room, the dining room and the promenade deck. The SS Austral, a passenger vessel which took part in the early transportation by sea of refrigerated meat

Advertisement for refrigeration units for ships
An advertisement for The Bell-Coleman Mechanical Refrigeration Company of Glasgow and London, Makers of Cold Air and Ice Making Machinery, as used on board various ships

The ports of Plymouth and Gravesend
Views of the ports of Plymouth, Devon (top) and Gravesend, Kent (below), showing the coastline and shipping. circa 1883

Titanic - Need for Searchlights on Ocean Racers
Page from The Sphere demonstrating how searchlights on fast ocean passenger liners might have avoided the Titanic disaster. Date: 1912

Titanic - Palatial appointments of the liner sunk after iceb
A double page spread from the Illustrated London News following the sinking of the Titanic, showing some of the most well appointed interiors of the luxurious ship including a four-poster bed in

Advertisement for refrigeration equipment for ships
Advertisement for the Dry Air Refrigerator or Freezing Machine, from the Haslam Foundry & Engineering Co Ltd of Derby, showing refrigeration equipment for ships. circa 1883

The SS Austral, a passenger vessel which took part in the early transportation by sea of refrigerated meat between Australia and Europe

Tennis court on board the Empress of Britain
A full-sized tennis court on board the Canadian Pacific liner, the Empress of Britain, departing from Southampton on a world cruise for four and a half months

Launch of RMS Queen Mary
Part of the crowd at the launch of RMS Queen Mary, the new giant Cunard White Star Liner. Above them is Queen Mary herself, in a glass Royal Box which protected the royal party from heavy rain

Poster advertising Orient Line cruises to Australia, featuring three men in turbans sitting around a campfire on a beach, with a ship waiting out at sea. 20th century

An Album of International Air Liners
Cover of An Album of International Air Liners, for cigarette cards issued by John Player & Sons, featuring a GA - de Havilland aircraft flying over palm trees. Date: 1936

Page from An Album of International Air Liners for cigarette cards issued by John Player & Sons, featuring the British aeroplanes Imperial Airways Empire Flying-Boat Caledonia; Imperial Airways Liner

Liners of Time
LINERS OF TIME (John Russell Fearn) The Atom-and-Time Dissembler will transport you whither- -soever you will, beaming you up, down or sideways. Date: 1935

Advert for Cunard Line, 1926, Paris Date: 1926

Advert for Canadian Pacific Lines, 1926, Paris Date: 1926

Advert for Cunard Line, 1927, Paris Date: 1927

Advert for White Star-RedStar- Atlantic Transport lines, 1929, Paris Date: 1929

Dutch Union Castle Poster
Dutch poster advertising the Union-Castle Line, a shipping line that operated a fleet of passenger liners and freighters between Europe and Africa from 1900 to 1977

Gudvangen, Norway - open cabs await the disembarking steamboat tourists

Poster advertising Blue Star Line Mediterranean cruises on the Queen of cruising liners, the Arandora Star

Navigazione Generale Italiana
Poster from Italian shipping line Navigazione Generale Italiana featuring the ocean liner Augustus

Canadian Pacific White Empresses
The Empress of Japan Canadian Pacific ocean liner, the fastest trans-pacific steamship of its time, sailing from Vancouver to Japan and China via Honolulu

Compagnie de Navigation Paquet
Poster advertising the Compagnie de Navigation Paquet French steamship line based in Marseille

United States Lines poster
Poster produced by United States Lines shipping company promoting their passenger liner service to America, featuring the iconic Statue of Liberty

Orient Line to Australia poster
Lovely poster produced the Orient Line to advertise its passenger liner service to Australia. The poster features three men in turbans, possibly Indian

HRH Queen Mary launching R. M. S. Queen Mary, September 1934
Photograph of HRH Queen Mary at the christening and launch of her namesake; previously known as Cunard 534. The Queen can be seen in the centre

Canadian Pacific poster
Poster for the Canadian Pacific Line shipping company promoting its fast, luxurious service from Britain to Canada on its Empress steamers

Red Star Line poster
Poster for the Red Star Line shipping company promoting its passenger liner service between Antwerp, New York, Southampton, Cherbourg and Canada

Cunard USA and Canada poster
Poster advertising the Cunard Line passenger services to America and Canada, destination of many emigrants during the first half of the twentieth century

100-Passenger Air-Liners
Todays air-liners will seem tiny compared with the huge passenger carriers of tomorrow, which will carry as many as One Hundred people, at speeds of 350 km/h !

Future Atlantic Liner
Transatlantic passenger liners will be aerodynamically shaped for faster travel. This vessel is based on a project by American designer Norman Bel Geddes

Aerial Landing Platforms
To cater for tomorrows massive passenger liners, aerial platforms for embarkation and disembarkation will have to be constructed

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