Postcards from the Holland-America Line

Our Collection features picture postcards of the Holland-America Line fleet, including the TSS Rijndam, TSS Rotterdam, and the elusive TSS Statendam III (1929). Tonnage was stated in Tons Register and Tons Displacement. Learn more about Tonnage in Plain English.

 

 

Picture Postcard of the Holland-America Line TSS Rijndam. 12,527 Tons Register. 22,070 Tons Displacement. Postally Used 26 April 1910. US Postage One Cent Stamp Affixed. Front Side: GGA Image ID # 15c36b4b27; Back Side: GGA Image ID # 15c37d6a09

 

 

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Picture Postcard of the Holland-America Line TSS Rotterdam. 24,170 Tons Register. 37,190 Tons Displacement. Postally Used on 1 May 1909. US Postage One Cent Stamp Affixed. Front Side: GGA Image ID # 15c393757a; Back Side: GGA Image ID # 15c3a3ce4b

 

 

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Picture Postcard of the Holland-America Line TSS Statedam (1929). 28,291 Tons Register. 38,950 Tons Displacement. Built by Harland & Wolf, Belfast, She operated between Rotterdam and New York from 1929 Until May 1940. Not Postally Used. Front Side: GGA Image ID # 15c404cc70; Back Side: GGA Image ID # 15c44973a2