Eastern Steamship Line: A thick 32 page deck plan brochure for this entire coastal fleet. There are 8 (!) different deck plans in this brochure. The first plan is for Eastern's New York to Boston pair, BOSTON and NEW YORK. The best cabins, located on B and C decks with private baths and outside views, cost $10 for the overnight run. Both these ships were sold to the British and were part of the infamous convey of little ships attempting to cross the Atlantic in September 1942. Both ships were torpedoed and sank on the same day with a heavy loss of life. The second set of plans are for the line's most famous ships, YARMOUTH and EVANGELINE. They operated between Boston and Nova Scotia and were designed more like mini-liners to handle the rougher weather. Two decades in the future these ships ended up in Miami as pioneer cruise ships. Three and a half decades in the future the EVANGELINE, then operating as the YARMOUTH CASTLE, caught fire and sank with a great loss of life. The next set of ships, the new ACADIA and SAINT JOHN, ran between New York and Nova Scotia and filled in on other destinations. Their five decks of passengers areas show a strong ocean liner influence with a nice array of public rooms on the Promenade Deck. Both ships survived WW2 but were so worn out that they were mothballed and eventually scrapped. The next deck plan is for the NORTH LAND of 1910, and the lay-out of dozens of tiny cabins looks dated even for 1932. The ship sailed from New York to Portland and would be scrapped in 1934. The deck plan for the two oldest ships in the fleet, the CAMDEN of 1907 and her sister BELFAST of 1909, show the old-fashioned design of cabins clustered along the sides with the open areas in the center acting as public space. The ships sailed from Boston to Bangor and would be sold to the Colonial Line in 1936. Eastern had bought the Old Dominion Line in 1923 to gain the routes down to Virginia. For that line they built the GEORGE WASHINGTON and the ROBERT E. LEE, whose plans are shown next. The WASHINGTON survived the war and was sold to Alaska Steamship in 1948 while the LEE was sunk in 1942. The final plan is for the MADISON of 1911. Old Dominion built the ship then sold her to Holland America Line in 1920 for European ferry duty. Eastern bought her back for New York to Norfolk service. Sadly all these routes were be disbanded over the next decade as the Depression, improved highways, and a war would curtail business. The brochure is in good condition with a little wear to the spine. Fred Hoertz paintings of the BOSTON and YARMOUTH grace the covers.