Traveling when it was fun back before the security lines at the airport. Imagery taken from a brochure put out by the Allan Royal Mailship Steamer Line in 1908 promoting their second saloon accommodations on the Allan Line Steamships SS Corsican, SS Grampian, SS Hesperian, SS Tunisian, SS Victorian, and SS Virginian.

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Allan Line Royal Mail Steamers Established 1852/4 days from land to land, 7 days from port to port. Offices in Winnipeg, Ontario and Montreal. 1908 image from a brochure put out by the Allan Steamship in 1908 promoting their second saloon accommodations. Image © 2023 Gjenvick-Gjønvik Archives. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.ggarchives.com/OceanTravel/Brochures/AllanLine-1908-SecondCabinAccommodations.html
Second Saloon Smoking Room on the SS Corsican. GGA Image ID # 113d700589. 1908 image from a brochure put out by the Allan Steamship in 1908 promoting their second saloon accommodations. Image © 2023 Gjenvick-Gjønvik Archives. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.ggarchives.com/OceanTravel/Brochures/AllanLine-1908-SecondCabinAccommodations.html
Second Cabin Stateroom with Two Berths on the SS Corsican. GGA Image ID # 114007ef70. 1908 image from a brochure put out by the Allan Steamship in 1908 promoting their second saloon accommodations. Image © 2023 Gjenvick-Gjønvik Archives. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.ggarchives.com/OceanTravel/Brochures/AllanLine-1908-SecondCabinAccommodations.html
Second Saloon Dining Room on the SS Corsican. GGA Image ID # 113d81c314. 1908 image from a brochure put out by the Allan Steamship in 1908 promoting their second saloon accommodations. Image © 2023 Gjenvick-Gjønvik Archives. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.ggarchives.com/OceanTravel/Brochures/AllanLine-1908-SecondCabinAccommodations.html
Second Cabin Music Room on the SS Corsican. GGA Image ID # 114071023b. 1908 image from a brochure put out by the Allan Steamship in 1908 promoting their second saloon accommodations. Image © 2023 Gjenvick-Gjønvik Archives. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.ggarchives.com/OceanTravel/Brochures/AllanLine-1908-SecondCabinAccommodations.html
Second Saloon Menu, RMS Victorian of the Allan Line for Sunday, 21 July 1907. Includes selections for Breakfast, Luncheon, and Dinner. GGA Image ID # 113e0fc9e7. 1908 image from a brochure put out by the Allan Steamship in 1908 promoting their second saloon accommodations. Image © 2023 Gjenvick-Gjønvik Archives. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.ggarchives.com/OceanTravel/Brochures/AllanLine-1908-SecondCabinAccommodations.html
Officers and Crew of the SS Corsican. Undated photograph circa 1908. GGA Image ID # 113f83ed55. 1908 image from a brochure put out by the Allan Steamship in 1908 promoting their second saloon accommodations. Image © 2023 Gjenvick-Gjønvik Archives. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.ggarchives.com/OceanTravel/Brochures/AllanLine-1908-SecondCabinAccommodations.html
SS Corsican on a Journey between Great Britain and Canada. Circa 1908. GGA Image ID # 113fc597fb. 1908 image from a brochure put out by the Allan Steamship in 1908 promoting their second saloon accommodations. Image © 2023 Gjenvick-Gjønvik Archives. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.ggarchives.com/OceanTravel/Brochures/AllanLine-1908-SecondCabinAccommodations.html
 

All these images are of the SS Corsican except for the menu. According to the same archive, the SS Corsican was built in 1907 by Barclay Curle in Glasgow. She served mostly on the Glasgow Service. In 1912, she collided with an iceberg but was only slightly damaged; was renamed the Maroale in 1922 and was wrecked two years later near Cape Race.

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On a voyage to see how much mileage I can get from the creative ability and eye for images that my family thought was useless. On line art curator, fiction writer and now blogger. Historian's daughter. Follow me . . .even I have no idea where I'm going next.

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