Park Avenue
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Something for Rick
. Found a Swedish archive with early photos from St. Barth:
. Found a Swedish archive with early photos from St. Barth:
early photos
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Park Avenue
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Thanks amyb.
VladStBarts
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wow, how old are these?
Park Avenue
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last one probably 1930's , others two I would say 1920/30's and maybe beginning XX century.
JEK
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PA has become a major contributor in the course of just a few day! I agree he has added great value to the forum!
Merci!
Park Avenue
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:up: Merci beaucoup pour toutes ces aimables paroles. Maintenant:
S:t Barthélemy Gustavia Drottninggatan 1870 by Anton Molander
Gustavia S:t Barthélemy Panorama FREJAs (Swedish boat) expedition 1895-96 Photo by Carl C. Lyon
S:t Barthélemy Gustavia Drottninggatan 1870 by Anton Molander
Gustavia S:t Barthélemy Panorama FREJAs (Swedish boat) expedition 1895-96 Photo by Carl C. Lyon
Park Avenue
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@Rick
Thinking about that, I was reading that the early reliable planes in the area arrived around end 1920's both with Pan Am and a french operator, what makes it interesting is that the photo is from a Swedish museum but I have no extra information. Here a early Pan Am poster (1931), how exciting for those passenger's!
Thinking about that, I was reading that the early reliable planes in the area arrived around end 1920's both with Pan Am and a french operator, what makes it interesting is that the photo is from a Swedish museum but I have no extra information. Here a early Pan Am poster (1931), how exciting for those passenger's!
stbartshopper
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Park- it is hard to imagine SBH as it was. Thank you for sharing!
Park Avenue
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Eagle eye!
Looking at some SAL history and the only direct reference to St. Barth is this one:
GRIPSHOLM II avgick från Göteborg/Köpenhamn 10 okt 1967 på en Västindienkryssning. Besök bl. a på
Madeira,
Martinique,
Trinidad,
Barbados,
Dominica,
St. Thomas,
St. Barthélemy och
Azorerna.
Återkomst till Göteborg den 7 nov 1967.
This one:
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Park Avenue
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But also this with the first Gripsholm:
Also came across records of the first Kungsholm
cruising the Caribbean in the 30's and 40's.
The only itinerary that I find does not include St Barth
but there were clearly other itineraries as this literary quote shows:
"The only sound in the night came from the Havana harbor water slucking gently against the sides of the ship. Through the moon mist the Kungsholm could be seen, anchored sleepy and rich, just a few hundred feet aft. Farther shoreward a few small boats corked about ." (A Young Girl in 1941 with No Waist at All)
...written by J.D. Salinger - who was a cruise director on the Kungsholm in the '40's - a job I never would have guessed he would have ...
All the above was found the above at a Tribute to the Swedish American Line.
Park Avenue
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I am having such a hard time picturing Salinger as cruise director, I hadn't picked up on that ...
(Park - I do not know if the source of the pic was inflicted on Sweden but this video suggests the Danes were unable to avoid it)
