Passenger ships--Cruise ships
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Dr. H. Mason Hicks Photograph Collection
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 100024047]
Identifier: FA-9-HMH
Content Description
This collections holds 84 black and white photographs of a voyage on the Hussar to the Galapagos Islands including photographs of Marjorie Merriweather Post, Nedenia and E.F. Hutton as well as other passengers and crew. The collection also holds photographs depicting an old navy tradition called the “crossing the line” ceremony, an initiation rite for those who have never crossed the equator.
Dates:
circa 1932
Marjorie Merriweather Post Collection
Collection
Identifier: FA-6-MMP
Scope and Contents
The Marjorie Merriweather Post collection consists of materials created by Marjorie Post or those created as a result of activities during her lifetime. Materials were added to the collection on a regular basis as they arrived at Hillwood via gift or donation. Formats include textual documents, photographs and photograph albums, publications, 16mm films, architectural drawings and blueprints, object catalogues, awards and certificates, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, cards,...
Dates:
1887-1973
Yacht Collection
Collection
Identifier: FA-5-YAC
Scope and Contents
The collection includes records pertaining to the construction, christening, and use of Marjorie Merriweather Post’s yacht, The Hussar, later known as Sea Cloud. The collection includes invoices, financial statements, customs declarations, personnel records, inventories, photographs, photograph plates and published articles pertaining to the ship. Contents cover the early life of the ship, its military service, and more recent career as a...
Dates:
1925-1958