White Star Line Poster and Ad Collection: The Oceanic Steam Navigation Company or White Star Line of Boston Packers, more commonly known as just White Star Line, was a prominent British shipping company. Founded in 1845, the line operated a fleet of clipper ships that sailed between Britain and Australia. Today it is most famous for the innovative vessel Oceanic of 1870, and the Olympic class ocean liners, including the ill-fated RMS Titanic. (Wikipedia)
Canadian Pacific Steamship Company Poster and Ad Collection: CP Ships was a large Canadian shipping company established in the 19th century. From the late 1880s until after World War II, the company was Canada’s largest operator of Atlantic and Pacific steamships. (Wikipedia)
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Cunard Line Poster and Ad Collection: Cunard Line is an Anglo-American cruise line based at Carnival House at Southampton, England, operated by Carnival UK and owned by Carnival Corporation & plc. It has been a leading operator of passenger ships on the North Atlantic, celebrating 175 years of operation in 2015. (Wikipedia)
Grace Line Poster and Ad Collection: What became later Grace Line originated in 1882 in the establishment of a regular line of sailing vessels between Peru and New York. Grace establishes a regular service of steamers in 1893 , creating a subsidiary, the New York & Pacific Steamship Co. , sailing under the British flag because before 1905 , the boats built outside of the United States could not be registered in this countries. Service under the American flag began in 1912 with the Atlantic & Pacific Steamship Company (Wikipedia)
Matson Lines Poster and Ad Collection: Matson, Inc. (formerly known as Matson Navigation Company), is a public shipping company which was founded in 1882. The company provides shipping services Pacific-wide, mainly to and from the Hawaiian islands. Matson is credited with introducing mass tourism to Hawaii with the opening of the historic Moana Hotel (now known as the Moana Surfrider Hotel) and the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in Waikiki on the island of Oahu. (Wikipedia)