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.

*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.

Paintings of the First Nations in the Canadian West. A buffalo too but he fits right in. Frederick Arthur Vener, artist (1836-1928).

*Ojibwa Camp, Northern Shore of Lake Huron*. 1873. Canadian. Oil on canvas. Frederick Arthur Vener, painter (1836-1928). Image source; National Gallery of Canada. In the public domain in the United States because it was published before 1927. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frederick_A.Verner–*Ojibwa_Camp,_Northern_Shore_of_Lake_Huron*(1873).jpg

*Indian encampment.* 1891. Canadian. Watercolor on cardboard. Frederick Arthur Vener, painter (1836-1928). Image source; Sotheby’s Toronto. Signed on the lower right. In the public domain in the United States because it was published before 1927. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frederick_Arthur_Verner_-*Indian_Encampment*(1891).jpg

Sold *Buffalo by the River.* 1906. Canadian. Watercolor. Frederick Arthur Vener, painter (1836-1928). Image © Mayberry Fine Art. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://mayberryfineart.com/artist/frederick-arthur-verner/

*Indian and Canoe.* By 1928. Canadian. Watercolor on paper, Image © Mayberry Fine Art. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://mayberryfineart.com/art/indian-and-canoe-frederick-arthur-verner-3799/

Watercolors of the West Indies done between 1828 and 1938 by Canadian John Herbert Caddy who was a lieutenant in the Royal Artillery who was stationed in the West Indies during those years.

Topographical View of the West Indies, depicting the Pitons or Sugar Loaves, Saint Lucia. One of a set of topographical views of the West Indies.1828-1838. British. Watercolor on paper. . Lieutenant John Herbert Caddy of the British Royal Artillery, artist. Image © 1999 – 2022SKINNER, INC, Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.skinnerinc.com/auctions/3100B/lots/238

Brimstone Hill, Saint Kitts. One of a set of topographical views of the West Indies.1828-1838. British. Watercolor on paper. . Lieutenant John Herbert Caddy of the British Royal Artillery, artist. Image © 1999 – 2022SKINNER, INC, Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.skinnerinc.com/auctions/3100B/lots/238

A world that isn’t coming back. At least not looking like this. Illustrations from “A voyage around the world: but more particularly to the north-west coast of America, performed in 1785, 1786, 1787 and 1788 with the ships “King George” and the “Queen Charlotte” which were captained by Captains Portlock and Dixon.

*People of Sandwich Sound in their canoes.* What is now known as Prince William Sound was first named “Sandwich Sound” by James Cook after his patron the Earl of Sandwich in 1778. It was later renamed for one of George III and Queen Charlotte’s sons. Bound facing page 68, 1778. British. Drawing drawn by John Webber (1752-1793). Archival ID#1409341 and PIC Volume 42 #NK7402. Digital collections of the National Library of Australia. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1409341

*A marae in Tahiti (Sandwich Island).* Tahiti having named “Sandwich island” by James Cook after his patron with the name changed to Tahiti after this was published. Bound facing page 128. 1777. British. Pencil and wash drawing drawn by John Webber (1752-1793). Archival ID#1411153. Digital collections of the National Library of Australia. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1411153

*A view of Hippa Island, Queen Charlotte Isles.* Off the coast of British Columbia, Canada. Bound at page 204. 1777. British. Watercolor. Archival ID#2933876. Digital collections of the National Library of Australia. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2933876

*A view in the bay at Woahoo, Sandwich Islands.* Plate facing page 55. Published on January 17, 1789. Archival ID#313403. Engraving.Inigo Barlow, printer. Archival ID#313403. Digital collections of the National Library of Australia. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/313403

*A view of the volcano, Cook’s River, taken from the Coal Harbour*. Now known as Port Graham which is on the Kenai Peninsula, in present-day Alaska. Plate facing page 62. British. Published on January 7, 1789. Engraving. Inigo Barlow, printer. Archival ID#1240353. Digital collections of the National Library of Australia. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1240353

*A view of Mount Edgecomb taken from the ship at anchor in Norfolk Sound.* Near the present day Sitka, Alaska. Plate facing page 192. Published on January 7, 1789. British. Engraving. Inigo Barlow, printer. Archival ID#2764054. Digital collections of the National Library of Australia. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2764054

An account of the fur-trading expedition fitted out by the King George’s Sound Company, with important results for the exploration and mapping of the American Northwest. These are the plates showing locations. There are also plates showing some of the individuals they encountered, tools and birds. The two ships were commanded by Dixon and the American-born Nathaniel Portlock, both veterans of James Cook’s last voyage. It includes accounts of the Hawaiian islands where they wintered in 1787-1788. The text was edited by Dixon from a series of letters by the Quaker, William Beresford.