Ellis Island Passenger Lists - 1954
A Collection of 1954 Ephemera from the SS Ryndam of the Holland-America Line, Including Passenger List, Menus, Luggage Tags, Correspondence, Ticket Holders, and Brochures. GGA Image ID # 205c94f17d
Passenger lists for 1954 represent the souvenir list provided to the passengers of each cabin class (and other classes). Many of these souvenir passenger lists have disappeared over the years. Our collection primarily covers North American and European ports and ports in Australia and South Africa.
Our collection contains samples of passenger lists produced and printed by the steamship lines. They are often used to illustrate family history books for immigrants from this period in time.
Coveted by collectors and genealogists, souvenir passenger lists often offered beautiful graphical covers and information not found in official manifests because they focused on the journey rather than the destination.
Note: Norwegian Merchant Seaman Arne Peterssen was the last immigrant to be processed at Ellis Island on 29 November 1954.
1954-05-27 RMS Mauretania Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Cabin Class
Date of Departure: 27 May 1954
Route: New York to Southampton Via Cobh and Le Havre
Commander: Captain A. D. Fasting, R.D., R.N.R.
1954-07-01 RMS Queen Mary Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Cabin Class
Date of Departure: 1 July 1954
Route: Southampton to New York via Cherbourg
Commander: Captain D. W. Sorrell
1954-07-03 SS Independence Passenger List
Steamship Line: American Export Lines
Class of Passengers: Tourist
Date of Departure: 3 July 1954
Route: Naples to New York via Genoa, Cannes, and Gibraltar
Commander: Captain Hugh L. Switzer
1954-07-07 RMS Queen Mary Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Cabin Class
Date of Departure: 7 July 1954
Route: New York to Southampton via Cherbourg
Commander: Captain D. W. Sorrell
1954-07-15 RMS Mauretania Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Cabin Class
Date of Departure: 15 July 1954
Route: Southampton to New York Via Le Havre and Cobh
Commander: Captain R. G. Thelwell, O.B.E., R.D., (Cmdr. R.N.R., Rtd.)
1954-07-17 SS Atlantic Passenger List
Steamship Line: Home Lines
Class of Passengers: Tourist
Date of Departure: 17 July 1954
Route: Quebec to Southampton via Le Havre
Commander: Captain Giovanni Ruffini
1954-07-20 SS Flandre Passenger List
Steamship Line: CGT French Line
Class of Passengers: First and Tourist Class
Date of Departure: 20 July 1954
Route: Le Havre to New York via Southampton
Commander: Captain Pierre CHUPIN
1954-08-07 RMS Media Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: First Class
Date of Departure: 7 August 1954
Route: Liverpool to New York
Commander: Captain F. G. Watts, R.D., R.N.R.
1954-08-14 SS Independence Passenger List
Steamship Line: American Export Lines
Class of Passengers: Cabin
Date of Departure: 14 August 1954
Route: Naples to New York via Genoa, Cannes, and Gibraltar
Commander: Captain Ernest H. Nelson
1954-08-24 RMS Strathmore Passenger List
Steamship Line: Peninsular & Oriental Line (P&O)
Class of Passengers: First Class
Date of Departure: 24 August 1954
Route: London to Sydney via Port Said, Bombay (Mumbai), Colombo, Fremantle, Adelaide, and Melbourne
Commander: Captain A. G. Jenkins
1954-08-26 RMS Queen Elizabeth Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Cabin Class
Date of Departure: 26 August 1954
Route: Southampton to New York via Cherbourg
Commander: Captain R. G. Thelwell, O.B.E., R.D. (Cmdr. R.N.R., Rtd.)
1954-08-31 M.V. Sibajak Passenger List
Steamship Line: Holland-America Line / Netherlands American Steam Navigation Company (NASM)
Class of Passengers: Not Stated
Date of Departure: 31 August 1954
Route: Rotterdam on to New York via Le Havre
Commander: Captain H. Rijnbergen
Note: Includes a list of crew members and rank
1954-09-21 SS Liberté Passenger List
Steamship Line: CGT French Line
Class of Passengers: Cabin and Tourist Class
Date of Departure: 21 September 1954
Route: Le Havre to New York via Southampton
Commander: Commanded by Captain Paul Kerharo
1954-09-29 SS Stavangerfjord Passenger List
Steamship Line: Norwegian-America Line
Class of Passengers: First, Cabin, and Tourist Class
Date of Departure: 29 September 1954
Route: Oslo to New York via Kristiansand, Stavanger, and Bergen
Commander: Captain Olaf Bjørnstad
1954-10-08 TSS Nieuw Amsterdam Passenger List
Steamship Line: Holland-America Line / Netherlands American Steam Navigation Company (NASM)
Class of Passengers: First Class, Cabin, and Tourist Class
Date of Departure: 8 October 1954
Route: Rotterdam to New York via Le Havre and Southampton
Commander: Captain C. VISSER
1954-10-08 RMS Orion Passenger List
Steamship Line: Orient Line
Class of Passengers: Tourist Class
Date of Departure: 8 October 1954
Route: Vancouver BC to Sydney via San Francisco, Honolulu, Suva (Fiji), and Auckland
Commander: Captain A. E. Coles, R.D., R.N.R.
1954-11-05 SS Constitution Passenger List
Steamship Line: American Export Lines
Class of Passengers: First Class
Date of Departure: 5 November 1954
Route: New York to Naples via Cannes and Genoa
Commander: Captain Bernt A. Jacobsen
1954-11-09 SS Independence Passenger List
Steamship Line: American Export Lines
Class of Passengers: Cabin
Date of Departure: 9 November 1954
Route: Naples to New York via Genoa, Cannes, and Gibraltar
Commander: Captain Hugh L. Switzer
1954-12-07 SS Constitution Passenger List
Steamship Line: American Export Lines
Class of Passengers: First Class
Date of Departure: 7 December 1954
Route: Naples to New York via Genoa, Cannes, and Gibraltar
Commander: Captain Bernt A. Jacobsen
1954-12-09 R.M.M.V. Winchester Castle Passenger List
Steamship Line: Union-Castle Line
Class of Passengers: First and Tourist Class
Date of Departure: 9 December 1954
Route: Southampton to Durban via Madeira, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, and East London
Commander: Captain G. W. B. Lloyd
1954-12-23 RMS Queen Elizabeth Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Tourist
Date of Departure: 23 December 1954
Route: Southampton to New York via Cherbourg
Commander: Commodore C. I. Thompson
Other 1954 Passenger Lists Not Digitized
- Holland-America Line; Ryndam; Tourist; 1954-04-18; Rotterdam to New York via Le Havre, Southampton and Halifax NS; Captain H. Oldenburger
- CGT-French Line; Liberté; Premiére; 1954-05-07; Le Havre to New York via Southampton; Captain Paul Kerharo
- CGT-French Line; Ile de France; Premiére; 1954-07-06; Le Havre to New York via Southampton; Captain Paul Kerharo
- United States Lines; United States; First Class; 1954-07-30; Southampton to New York via Le Havre; Commodore John W. Anderson, Capt., U.S.N.R.
- United States Lines; America; First Class; 1954-09-06; Bremerhaven to New York via Le Havre, Southampton, and Cobh; Captain Leroy J. Alexanderson, Capt., U.S.N.R.
Please help us make our passenger list collection more complete. We would appreciate a digital copy if you have an 1954 souvenir passenger list. Please email us at [email protected].