SANTA MAGDALENA Class - Intro brochure from 1962-63Grace Line: A sixteen page intro brochure from late 1962 for the SANTA MAGDALENA Class. These combo liners were heralded in 1964 as the rebirth of the American passenger fleet. Instead, they ended up to be the swan song. The quartet, SANTA MAGDALENA, SANTA MARIA, SANTA MARIANNA, and SANTA MERCEDES, seemed revolutionary with their container carrying capabilities and comfortable accommodations for 125 passengers. This brochure has destination info,

Hong Kong shipping magnate C

and the First Class Lounge was redecorated into a ballroom

The cabin lay-outs and sizes are far more complicated

Nino Zoncada designed the interiors and the 3-class ship was a hit on the South American run from introduced in 1958

and SANTA MAGDALENA would have been very comfy ships for a 'round South America voyage

and photos of the ship and deck views - and then two pages filled with 18 smaller snapshots of life onboard such as fancy dress balls

John Holmgren (1897-1963) follow the exploits of three passengers - an elderly and obviously wealthy gentleman

Kids out on a lark

almost every cabin had a porthole

many of the former First Class cabins amidships reminded while towards the stern large blocks of tiny cubbies were fitted

She went on serving through the decades and wasn't broken up until 1956 at age eighty-six

Shaw Savill - A twenty-eight page promotional brochure for the SOUTHERN CROSS and NORTHERN STAR