ALASKA CRUISE in Summer 1954 - Retro Cruising
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Uploaded by CRUISINGTHEPAST on Jun 14, 2008
This is a wonderful historical video of a 1954 sailing aboard the SS ALASKA on a cruise to Alaska and the Inside Passage. A retro 50s look at a style of cruising and travel now vanished. Views of the ship leaving the Port of Seattle, with streamers, confetti and visitors waving goodbye -- something rarely seen today. See the ship sail up the inside passage... with passengers dancing, dining, playing shuffleboard and man nostalgic scenes of an Alaska steamship far different from the massive ships sailing the Inland Passage today. The Alaska Steamship Company operated passenger service from Seattle to all ports in Alaska from 1895 until 1954. During the summer weekly sailings visited the Inside Passage. The line challenged all kinds of winter conditions and operated year round offering regular sailings as far north as Nome. These are family films and footage taken during the 1920s through the 1950s. For complete Alaska historical cruise information and background on the Alaska Steamship Company please go to: www.cruisingthepast.com.
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It looked so real it makes one wonder if its real, great pictures, the lighting is so embracing, 54, I know someone that was born that year, why does the light of the fiftys still look different than today?
People seemed somehow at peace!
theloosegoose333 1 year ago
Ah, the good old days, LOL! This is great, thanks so much for sharing it. My husband really loves the old vintage travel footage so I will share that website with him! It just so happens that we will be embarking on an Alaskan Cruise leaving from the Port of Seattle in less than 2 weeks!
AnastassjaVonsuter 3 years ago
My how cruising has changed. People looked like they were having more fun and certainly the passengers were not fat. So nostalgic it put a lump in my throat.
GUYFROMPS 3 years ago