RMS Saxonia Ephemera Collection
All Digitized Ephemera for the RMS Saxonia 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.
The RMS Saxonia departed Liverpool on her maiden voyage on 22 May 1900, bound for Boston, Massachusetts. She operated on the Liverpool–Boston route until 1909. She shifted on an alternating basis between Boston and New York, and between Liverpool and the Adriatic ports of Fiume and Trieste. [1]
1902 - The Story of the Cunard Line
Cunard Steamship Company, Limited, one of the oldest and most famous of British steam navigation undertakings elected to remain independent and outside the scope of the great Trust. This is their Story as published by BUSINESS ILLUSTRATED. December 1902. Lavishly Illustrated including Interior Photographs. Ships Featured: Britannia, Scotia, Russia, Servia, Umbria, Etruria, Campania, Lucania, Ivernia, Saxonia
1902-09-16 RMS Saxonia Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Cunard Line
- Class of Passengers: Saloon
- Date of Departure: 16 September 1902
- Route: Liverpool to Boston
- Commander: Captain R. C. Warr
1904-10-25 RMS Saxonia Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Cunard Line
- Class of Passengers: Saloon
- Date of Departure: 25 October 1904
- Route: Liverpool to Boston
- Commander: Captain Thomas Potter
- Notable Passengers: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and John McCreath Farquhar
1905-05-23 SS Saxonia Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Cunard Line
- Class of Passengers: Second Cabin
- Date of Departure: 23 May 1905
- Route: Boston to Liverpool
- Commander: Captain J. C. Barr
1906-08-21 SS Saxonia Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Cunard Line
- Class of Passengers: Second Cabin
- Date of Departure: 21 August 1906
- Route: Boston to Liverpool
- Commander: Captain J. T. W. Charles
1907-09-17 RMS Saxonia Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Cunard Line
- Class of Passengers: Cabin and Second Class
- Date of Departure: 17 September 1907
- Route: Liverpool to New York and Boston via Queenstown (Cobh)
- Commander: Captain E. H. Pentecost
1909-07-27 RMS Saxonia Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Cunard Line
- Class of Passengers: Saloon
- Date of Departure: 27 July 1909
- Route: Liverpool to Boston via Queenstown (Cobh)
- Commander: Captain E. H. Pentecost
8-Page Booklet/Leaflet from 1910 titled "Famous Cunarders" provided an illustrated introduction to their "A"-List Cunard fleet including the Campania, Carmania & Caronia, Carpathia, Lusitania & Mauretania, Pannonia, and the Saxonia & Ivernia.
1910-07-19 SS Saxonia Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Cunard Line
- Class of Passengers: Saloon Class
- Date of Departure: 19 July 1910
- Route: Boston to Liverpool
- Commander: Captain Arthur H. Rostron
1912-08-21 RMS Saxonia Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Cunard Line
- Class of Passengers: Saloon
- Date of Departure: 21 August 1912
- Route: Trieste to New York via Fiume, Patras, Naples, and Gibraltar
- Commander: Captain D. S. Miller (CMDR R.N.R.)
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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Note 1: Bonsor, N.R.P. (1975). North Atlantic Seaway. p. 155.
