R.M.S. “Nieuw Amsterdam” (Holland-America Line)- , 1955 December 26 - 1955 December 31

The collection consists of materials collected from cruise ships and vacations during the years 1948-1974. Materials include menus, tourism pamphlets, luggage name tags (eight attributing to Edward G. Clark Jr.), and other ephemeral materials. Many of the items were produced for first-class passengers.

Menus are written in various languages including English, French, Italian, and Portuguese, and contain information such as dates, the names of the ship and of the ship captain, and listings for meals. Ephemera, like invitations to cocktail events, coasters (cloth and wooden), and coin bags from casinos, are included.

Countries represented in this collection include America, Norway, Brazil, Trinidad, Barbados, Grenada, Russia, Italy, Croatia, Egypt, South Africa, Kenya, Greece, Israel, Rumania, Turkey, Portugal, Malta, Barcelona, Spain, Bermuda, St. Thomas, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and many more.