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White Star Line

National Museum of American History

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 / Cunard Steam Ship Company Limited
Sponsor
Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).
Date
1875-1939
Container
Box 8, Folder 2
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
The Cunard branded White Star Line history dates to 1845. It has operated Royal and United States Mail Steamers at various points. The line has been through many mergers and transitions with multiple name varients. Circa 1870, it was absorbed by the formation of the Oceanic Steam Navigation Company, which began operation in 1871, with the fleet of Oceanic (I), Atlantic, Baltic, Republic, Celtic, and Adriatic. Later, in 1902, the White Star Line was acquired by the International Mercantile Marine Company (IMM) and transitioned again 1927, when it was purchased by the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company (RMSPC). That ownership was short-lived when in 1932 Royal Mail Lines Limited took over the ships of RMSPC. Finally, in 1934, the merger between White Star and Cunard resulted in the Cunard-White Star Limited, which reverted to the name Cunard in 1949. White Star was known for its naming convention of ending in -ic such as: Britannic (I), Germanic, Teutonic, Majestic (I), Oceanic (II), Cedric, Olympic, Titanic, and Britannic (II), Majestic, Homeric, Oceanic (III), Britannic (III), Georgic. Materials include keepsakes, menus, passenger lists, general information, newsletter, and luggage tag. See also White Star, in the "W" section of this Shipping Lines/Conglomerates subseries.
Series Restrictions
Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.
Related link
Record ID
ebl-1562726408127-1562726408266-0
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep877d4621a-3e08-4c15-8097-073193a6ad88

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