SS Virginian Collection
Ephemera for the SS Virginian are available at the GG Archives, including Passenger Lists, Menus, Brochures, Event Programs, and more.
Vintage Second Cabin Daily Bill of Fare Card from 9 June 1906 on board the RMS Virginian of the Allan Line featured Beefsteak and Onions for Breakfast, Roast Goose, Apple Sauce for Dinner, and Preserved Salmon for Tea.
1906-09-14 RMS Virginian Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Allan Line Royal Mail Steamers
- Class of Passengers: Second Cabin
- Date of Departure: 14 September 1906
- Route: Liverpool to Quebec and Montreal
- Commander: Captain A. H. Vipond
1908 - Allan Line - Second Cabin Accommodations
It is probably an unprecedented occurrence in the history of the Transatlantic Liner that three Steamers of 10,000 tons register or more, should be in course of construction at one time and placed in commission within six months of each other. Ships Covered: Corsican, Grampian, Ionian, Tunisian, Victorian, and Virginian.
1911-04-28 RMS Virginian Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Allan Line Royal Mail Steamers
- Class of Passengers: Second Cabin
- Date of Departure: 28 April 1911
- Route: Liverpool to Quebec and Montreal
- Commander: Captain J. T. Gambell
Advertisement, Allan Royal Mail Line. Ships Include the Victorian, Virginian, Tunisian, Corsican, Grampian, and Hesperian. Cunard Daily Bulletin, Ivernia Edition for 22 July 1908. GGA Image ID # 131f1a86b9
Proposed Sailings, Liverpool-Quebec-Montreal Service from 7 September 1911 to 17 November 1911. Ships Included the Corsican, Tunisian, Victorian, and Virginian. The Allan Line Steamers Sail from Montreal at Daylight or 9.00 A.M. Thus Giving Passengers an Opportunity to View the Noble St. Lawrence All the Way to the Sea. TSS Tunisian Passenger List, 22 September 1911. GGA Image ID # 1e0d11aed2
The First Great Ocean Liners in Photographs 1897 - 1927
Sumptuous volume recalls the glorious early years of elegant transatlantic travel. Over 190 historic photographs depict exterior and interior views of 101 great ocean liners, including the Virginian, Imperator, Vaterland, Bismarck, Lusitania, Mauretania, Balmoral Castle, Titanic, Olympic, Aquitania and dozens more. Full captions.
