John E. Hallinan papers, 1941-1973.

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John E. Hallinan papers, 1941-1973.

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Memorabilia collected from a number of American President Lines' steamship passenger and cargo vessels, including Wilson, Harrison, Roosevelt, Hoover, W.H. Gordon, M.C. Meigs, Monroe, Cleveland. The bulk of the items are menus, and there are a small number of passenger lists, a commemorative booklet, an unused stateroom key tag, and 1 Yuletide program. Of note is the menu dated December 25, 1941 dedicated to a crew captured by the Japanese military. Printed inside the cover is: "Dedicated to the Officers and Crew of the S.S. President Harrison, ship-wrecked at Shaweisan [sic] Island, December 8, 1941." The Harrison was a merchant ship that happened to be in hostile waters off China when WWII was declared.

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San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Maritime Research Center, Maritime Library, Maritime Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 8004682

San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Maritime Research Center, Maritime Library, Maritime Archives

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Hallinan, John E.

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President Harrison (Steamship)

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American President Lines, Ltd.

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Agency History American President Lines, for many years the largest American shipping company in the Pacific, was formed in 1938 from the remnants of the Dollar Steamship Company. Organized in 1900, Dollar spent its first two decades in the transpacific trade as "essentially a tramp operator, whose main cargoes were bulk, low-value merchandise not suitable for the larger and faster passenger-cargo liners of the Pacific Mail Steamship Lines." ...