AMERICAN BANKER Class: 1920 - Deluxe deck plan w/ interiors from 1930sAmerican Merchant Lines With this fancy deck plan brochure from the 1930s, even the humble AMERICAN BANKER class of combo liners gets the same deluxe treatment as luxo liners like LEVIATHAN and MAJESTIC. The plan unfolds and then flips up to reveal a large ship profile, deck plans, and several interior photos. The AMERICAN BANKER class of ships AMERICAN MERCHANT, AMERICAN BANKER, AMERICAN FRAMER, AMERICAN FARMER, AMERICAN TRADER, and AMERICAN SHIPPER,

The limited text is in Italian

You'll still see it in the background in this brochure

Interesting to note that the high season rate for the famous "Duck Suite" was $1145 per person

The Germans raised her and she served their cause until 1944 when she was scuttled again

she went to the breakers in 1936 after a service life of only thirteen years

attached bath of a cabin

Cruises from London and Southampton are shown along with rates in pounds

the ship caught fire from an engine room explosion while moored off Grenada

Italian Line:  A fold-out (25" by 27") deck plan from the late 1960s showing all three classes aboard the CRISTOFORO COLOMBO

a cabin with a picture window

On the back of the plan is a map of "Middle America"

The plans are large and color-coded and backed up by sample cabin lay-outs