Cunard Steam Ship Company Limited
Object Details
- Series Creator
- Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
- See more items in
- Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Steamboats [Ships, Boats, and Vessels]
- Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Steamboats [Ships, Boats, and Vessels] / Business Records and Marketing Material / Shipping Lines/Conglomerates
- Sponsor
- Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).
- Archival Repository
- Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Type
- Archival materials
- Series Citation
- Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Ships, Boats, and Vessels, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
- Series Rights
- Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
- Scope and Contents
- Cunard has a long, well-documented but complex history that researchers should explore independently. A few time-line points: was established in 1840 as the British and North American Royal Mail Steam-Packet Company. In 1879, re-organized as the Cunard Steamship Company Ltd. In 1934, merged with chief rival White Star Line to form Cunard-White Star Line. In 1949, reverted to the name Cunard Line. Multiple name variants exist and locations world-wide were served. Early fleets included wooden hulls and paddle wheels. Fleets were numerous, renamings were common, and select ships were pressed into service in war-time eras. Some of the more well-known ships include the Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mary 2, Queen Victoria, Caronia, Mauretania, Lusitania.
- Series Restrictions
- Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.
- Record ID
- ebl-1562726408127-1562726408263-1
- Metadata Usage
- CC0