Ocean Liners
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Ocean liners are not exactly from the age of sail, but they are a logical extension of it. The square rigger packets began sailing on regular routes carrying mail and passengers as early as the 16th century. During the last half of the 19th century the ships became a combination of square rigger and steamship, which allowed them to maintain a basic schedule. Eventually they became entirely steam powered with some masts and yards in case of engine failure. The ocean liners in these photographs from the 1960s still show an occasional mast with yards crossed, although by this time the masts were used only for flags and possibly cargo loading.
The bulk of these photographs were taken in New York Harbor. However the photographer evidently took a trip by ocean liner to San Francisco through the Panama Canal, so there are pictures from places unknown to me, as well as many taken in San Francisco Bay.
I came across this collection of over 150 original slides of ocean liners at auction. Each of the slides has the name of the ocean liner written on the cardboard part of the slide. Any misspellings came directly from the slide. I have no information about any of the ships other than the name.
The ocean liners are listed alphabetically in the following four galleries:
Gallery 1 a-e Gallery 2 f-m Gallery 3 n-q Gallery 4 r-z
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