ARIADNE: 1951 - Interiors, plans & cruises for 1960-61Eastern Steamship Lines: A fold out (22" by 34") brochure for the ARIADNE's 1960 61 Miami cruise service. Swedish Lloyd had launched her as the North Sea ferry PATRICIA in 1951, and then sold her to Hamburg American Line in 1957. She was HAPAG's only post war passenger ship and was treated to a deluxe retrofit. But HAPAG soon ducked out of the pax business and sold the ship to Eastern in 1961. Color photos in the brochure show off her handsome German

This brochure has destination info

Union-Castle Line - From 1960

they ended up to be the swan song

Her 650 passengers had the option of small cabins

and redwoods in California

I've taken a magnifying glass to the photo of the gift shop and I can report that I want everything there

A wine drinker would have to resort to "Australian Wines" - Sparkling Burgundy

Incres bought the old ship in 1950 and retrofitted her into what you see here

Three decks' worth of color-coded plans are lifted directly from American Export

and showing plans large enough that you can easily imagine yourself strolling the decks

The initial hoopla that met these ships and their sleek Henry Dreyfuss designed interiors had subsided by the time this plan was printed in 1957

A sign of the times is that tobacco