Cruising Collection

Union-Castle
Advertising poster for Union-Castle, Mail Steamship Company Limited, featuring a liner running from Southampton to Cape Town and vice versa next to small sailing dinghies

Empire Marketing Board poster - Gibraltar
Empire Marketing Board poster showing a family on the deck of a ship which is sailing close to the rock of Gibraltar

Cunard Poster advertising cruises from Liverpool to Boston on the Scythia and Laconia cruise ships

Handley Page Hinaidi
Cruising at 120 km/h, this is a stately old lady of a bomber - yet it will remain in service with the RAF till 1933, and this scene in India seems quite appropriate

Cruising Suit Circa 1940
A two-piece cruising suit composed of blue trousers and a blazer (double-breasted coat) of striped flannel

Advertisement Illustration, Cruise
An advertisement illustration showing a small steam boat cruising down a narrow river with tourists on board at the back, a boy stands at the front holding up a Union Jack flag. Date: circa 1939

Some fashion suggestions for women when travelling, perhaps - as here - on the deck of a cruise ship. Date: 1932

Advert for cruises on the Orient Line, 1927, visiting the Mediterranean, Atlantic Islands, Egypt, Ceylon, Norway and Scandinavia Date: 1927

Fashion for a September cruise, 1939
A grey jersey shirt-waister dress from Lillywhites, perfect attire for a September cruise. On the arm of the deck-chair is a camel-hair coat. Date: 1939

Baby Scouts -- out at sea
Baby Scouts -- And when he gets a little tired of that, he cruises round the ocean in his hat. Date: 1900

Steamer on Loch Lomond
The Marion paddle-steamer carries excursionists cruising among the bonny bonny banks of Loch Lomond. Date: 1825

Cruising on the River Shannon at Killaloe, County Clare, Republic of Ireland

Winter cruise fashions for 1937
Fashions for cruising from Bradleys department store of Chepstow Place, London. In the centre is a dress of slub linen. The skirt is cut on trouser lines

The Christmas Sunshine Cruise by Lewis Baumer
Vignettes by Lewis Baumer in The Tatler showing various types on board during a Christmas sunshine cruise, an increasingly popular pursuit during the 1930s. Date: 1937

Matita outfits for cruising, 1933
A marine blue cruising outfit made in Linita fabric with a clever arrangement at the back, the scheme being completed with a blue scarf and white coat. It really does represent the acme of smartness

Three piece for the promenade deck
A suggested outfit for a cruising holiday comprising a striking three-piece suit for the promenade deck with skirt and lining of the long white corduroy coat in striped green and white silk

Cruising suit & suntop from Harvey Nichols, 1934
A couple of outfits for wearing while on a summer cruise. On the right is a natural shantung silk cruising suit relieved with pale blue revers and buttons

Outfit for beach and deck wear
Smart, tailored shorts outfit from Harvey Nichols, suitable for beach and deck wear comprising of shorts in an off white shade, whilst the jacket and coat are of polka dot navy

Smart suit from Jenners for cruise wear
A smart suit, appropriate for deck as for shore wear, in uncrushable linen from Jenners of Edinburgh. The skirt is cut on fitting lines with godet pleats while a high neckline

Cruising fashion 1935
An outfit of shorts, blouses with sun back, coat and hat all in matching spotted blue and white crease resisting linen. The lifebelt is really a bag which is most capacious

Advert for Marshall & Snelgrove spring cruises frock 1937
Model wearing embroidered linen belted dress with patch pockets and piped bodies, suitable for sport and cruising. Date: 1937

Advert for Bremen & Europa German ocean liners 1937
German-built, SS Bremen and her slightly smaller sister ship SS Europa, later SS Libert鬠 were both high-speed steam cruises, traveling to New York, the continent and Far East. Date: 1937

Nautical fashion, Vivex colour photograph
Two models posing in nautical style fashions, popular in the 1930s. Date: 1934

WW1 - A Punt Patrol
WW1 - Leisurely cruising down a river, the well-prepared punter has a canon gun positioned at the front of the boat. Date: 1915

Royal Mail Line advertisement
Advertisement for cruises de luxe to the Mediterranean and to Norway and the Baltic wwith Royal Mail Line ocean cruising steamers, where the pyramids at Giza

Comparative ranges of fighter aircraft by G. H. Davis
The speed and power of fighter craft during the Second World War: comparisons of range. RAF and German bomber escorts: the difference between cruising range and fighting range. Date: 1941

Poster advertising the Blue Star Line, the worlds most delightful cruising liner, showing an aerial view of a cruise liner, the Arandora Star

Convair XC-99 cruising along the Californian coastline

Princess cruising on the royal boat. Print shows a princess and two servants on a boat, one holding a parasol and one holding a small box. Date between 1806 and 1810

Crossing the Atlantic, 1927 by Helen McKie
Scenes of life aboard a passenger liner crossing the Atlantic in the 1920s, with the focus on the passengers attempting the dance the Charleston while the ship lurches. Date: 1927

Oxford Canal Cruisers
Two converted narrow boats Mandy and Nelson, cruising on the Oxford Canal, near Lower Shuckburgh, Warwickshire, England. Date: early 1960s

Stadt Wien river cruise boat, Austria
A river cruise boat, the Stadt Wien, at the landing stage of a river somewhere in Austria

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

Pedaloes on the Lake in Central Park, New York, 1891
Engraving showing pedaloes made to resemble swans cruising the lake in Central Park, New York, 1891. Each of these pleasure boats was able to carry up to 12 passengers

A Look Out Up the Mast
Engraving showing a Royal Navy seaman up the mast of a Cruiser, keeping a lookout for the enemy with a telescope, 1890. In the background some signals have been run up another mast

Curiosities and ingenuities from the Patent Office; A boat d
An illustration showing a cross-section of a boat propelled by windmills, cruising along a country river

Steamer on Loch Lomond
The Marion paddle-steamer carries excursionists cruising among the bonny bonny banks of Loch Lomond

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