RMS Ascania Ephemera Collection
All Digitized Ephemera for the RMS Ascania available at the GG Archives. Common items of ephemera in our maritime collection include passenger lists, brochures, event and entertainment programs, and other memorabilia produced for a voyage or ship.

1911-08-29 RMS Ascania Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Cunard Line
- Class of Passengers: Cabin and Second Class
- Date of Departure: 29 August 1911
- Route: Southampton to Quebec and Montreal
- Commander: Captain G. W. Melsom (Lt. R.N.R.)

1913 - Cunard Passenger Log Book
Rare Third-Class Accommodation on Cunard Liners featuring interior and exterior photographs of the ships and accommodations for third class/steerage passengers. Undated brochure circa 1913. Its contents were meant to entice the immigrants to book passage to the New World. Ships Featured: Lusitania and Mauretania, Caronia and Carmania, Franconia and Laconia, Campania, Ivernia and Saxonia, and the Ascania.

1920s - Cunard Tourist Third Cabin Accommodations
Tourist Third Cabin replaced the old Third Class on the Cunard Steamships, the refinished accommodations attracted students, professors, young business people, and bargain-hunters filling the cabins left mostly empty from the decline of the immigrant trade. This is a photo journal of the accommodations found in the new Tourist Third Cabin class. Ships Featured: Andania, Antonia, Aquitania, Ascania, Aurania, Ausonia, Berengaria, Caronia and Carmania, Laconia, Samaria, Scythia, Tuscania, and Lancastria.

1925-07-11 RMS Ascania Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Cunard Line
- Class of Passengers: Cabin Class
- Date of Departure: 11 July 1925
- Route: Montreal to London via Plymouth and Cherbourg
- Commander: Captain R. B. Irving, O.B.E., R.D., R.N.R.

1926 - The New Anchor Line Fleet
Profusely illustrated brochure from 1926 documents the grand interiors of the Caledonia and Transylvania, the newest additions to the Anchor Line fleet with views of the California and Cameronia, transporting passengers between New York, Londonderry, and Glasgow. Ships Covered: Antonia, Ascania, Caledonia, California, Cameronia, Transylvania, and Tuscania.

1930-07-12 RMS Ascania Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Cunard Line
- Class of Passengers: Tourist Third Cabin
- Date of Departure: 12 July 1930
- Route: Southampton to Quebec and Montreal via Cherbourg
- Commander: Captain W. A. Hawkes, R.D., R.N.R.

1930-07-19 RMS Ascania Farewell Dinner Menu
Vintage Tourist Third Cabin Farewell Dinner Bill of Fare from Saturday, 19 July 1930 on board the RMS Ascania of the Cunard Line featured Boiled Salmon, Sauce Hollandaise, Roast Turkey, Cranberry Sauce, and Victoria Pudding for dessert.
Ephemera contained in the GG Archives collection represent the souvenirs provided to the passengers of each voyage. Many of these souvenir ephemeral items have disappeared over the years.
Our selection varies considerably by ship, and likely contains only a sampling of what was originally produced and printed by the steamship lines.
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