Home Lines SS Oceanic Passenger List Vintage 1960s Nassau Bahamas Cruise Book For Sale

Original Home Lines passenger list booklet for the S.S. Oceanic, the line\'s \"New Flagship,\" under Captain Giovanni Ruffini, sailing Sun-Way Cruises from New York to Nassau in the Bahamas. Tan and turquoise Mid-Century Modern cover design with the Home Lines castle-and-crown logo and stylized ship graphic; gold cord binding detail. Interior lists the full cruise and entertainment staff — Cruise Director Ralph Michele, Assistant Cruise Directors, Social Directresses, Artistic Consultant Carla Bonavera, dance instructors, entertainment acts (Maurice the Great, Jean Castle, Les Doriss Girls, Don Tannen, Sam Vine and Beverly, Pina Montanari), and four named shipboard orchestras with conductors — followed by a multi-page alphabetical passenger roster spanning several hundred names. A wonderful piece of Golden Age ocean liner ephemera reflecting mid-century American leisure cruising culture, the postwar Bahamas tourism boom, and shipboard entertainment industry structure. Booklet, stapled binding, decorative cord tie. Given the volume of private individual names listed as passengers, this listing does not reproduce those names — buyer receives full original booklet.

Condition: Vintage booklet, staple-bound with decorative gold cord accent. Cover shows light shelf wear and soiling consistent with age; some show-through/toning on interior pages typical of the era\'s paper stock. Please review photos for full condition assessment — no tears noted, pages intact and legible.

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