Poseidon Lines (1 results)

No Binding. Condition: Near Fine. Bilingual text in English and German. Original publisher's multicolored pictorial paper folding brochure. Color illustration showing part of Eastern Canada and "Poseidon Lines, Canada" are printed on one of the outer panels. No date, circa 1953-1956. 4" x 8" folded. Unpaginated, c. eight pages (one leaf folded into four panels printed front and back), complete. Brochure is very clean and intact except for light age toning, darkening on exterior panels, and one of the fold lines possibly being misfolded. A Near Fine copy. Concise paper folding brochure promoting the Poseidon Lines cargo and passenger ship service that traveled between Northern Europe and Eastern Canada, and later the Great Lakes region in the United States. The brochure features little text that briefly states the major ports (Montreal and St. Lawrence in Canada and Antwerp, Rotterdam, and Hamburg in Europe), number of passengers permitted aboard its ships (twelve for M.S. Welheim, Poseidon, Transatlantic, and Transpacific and eight for M.S. Transquebec). The four interior panels are principally color illustrations (some of which were taken from photographs) of the Poseidon liners' well-furnished rooms (cabin, dining room, and library) passengers can enjoy. Poseidon Lines was also known by its German name, Poseidon Linien, and was operated by the German shipping company, Poseidon Schiffahrt GmBH. Poseidon Schiffahrt was founded in 1899 in Konigsberg (present-day Kaliningrad) and was ultimately acquired by Finnlines Deutschland GB in 2001). Poseidon Lines was a specialized travel service the company launched in 1953 in which a limited number of passengers (up to eight or twelve at the time as stated in the brochure) could ride aboard a multipurpose liner freighter transporting a variety of goods and exports across the North Sea and Atlantic Ocean. Poseidon Lines expanded its service to the Great Lakes beginning about 1956. Poseidon Lines operated until about 1971 or 1972 after mixed-use liner freighters faced steep competition from container ships. …