🛳️ SS California Passenger List - 19 August 1926: A Cultural Cross-Section of Educators, Doctors & Reformers on a Mediterranean Voyage

 

19 August 1926 Passenger List, TSS California, Anchor Line

Front Cover of a Tourist Third Cabin Passenger List for the SS California of the Anchor Line, Departing Thursday, 19 August 1926 from Naples to New York via Gibraltar, Commanded by Captain Alex. Collie. This Vintage Cover Features a Classic Ocean Liner Aesthetic Typical of Anchor Line Branding in the 1920s, Complete With Elegant Typography and Transatlantic Symbolism. | GGA Image ID # 229fce145b

 

🛳️ Review and Summary of the SS California Passenger List – 19 August 1926

Route: Naples ➡️ Gibraltar ➡️ New York

Ship Operator: Anchor Line

Passenger Classes: Tourist Third Cabin

Captain: Alexander Collie

Explore the 19 August 1926 Tourist Third Cabin Passenger List of the SS California from Naples to New York via Gibraltar. Discover notable academics, doctors, and reformers whose stories reflect a dynamic era of transatlantic cultural exchange. Ideal for genealogists, educators, and historians.

 

🧭 Overview of the TSS California

Launched: 1923

Tonnage: ~16,700 tons

Operator: Anchor Line (subsidiary of Cunard Line)

Route: Primarily between Mediterranean ports and New York

Voyage Date: 19 August 1926

Ports of Call: Naples, Gibraltar, New York

Notable Features: One of the “New” post-WWI passenger liners built to modern standards, equipped with Tourist Third Cabin accommodations—a class created post-war to meet the growing demand for economical, yet respectable transatlantic passage.

 

Senior Officers and Staff

  1. Captain: Alex. Collie
  2. Chief Officer: John Duncan
  3. Chief Engineer: Charles Munro
  4. Surgeon: R. H. Chadwick
  5. Purser: John Munro
  6. Chief Steward: William Lindsay

 

Tourist Third Cabin Passengers

  1. Miss Clara M. Ackerson
  2. Mr. Arthur B. Adams
  3. Mrs. Fannie S. Adams
  4. Mr. William P. Agnew
  5. Miss Helen Alcott
  6. Mr. Herbert J. Alford
  7. Mrs. Alford
  8. Miss Elizabeth R. Alexander
  9. Miss Elizabeth L. Allen
  10. Miss Miriam R. Apple
  11. Dr. Arnold
  12. Miss Dorothy H. Aston
  13. Miss Mary J. Austin
  14. Mr. Robert Babb
  15. Mrs. Babb
  16. Miss Beatrice Babb
  17. Miss Ruth M. Baker
  18. Mr. Albert C. Baker
  19. Mrs. Genevieve D. Baker
  20. Miss Beverly Bailes
  21. Miss Frances C. Balding
  22. Miss Edythe G. Balsley
  23. Miss Louise B. Barclay
  24. Miss Elizabeth Barrett
  25. Miss Anna R. Beardsley
  26. Miss Ada M. Bearsdley
  27. Mr. Frank W. Beck
  28. Mr. Kenneth H. Beck
  29. Mr. George Bebee
  30. Mr. Warren R. Bentley
  31. Mr. Wendel C. Bennett
  32. Miss Rose Berger
  33. Miss Mary A. Bert
  34. Miss Mabel Berry
  35. Mr. Bertram Berry
  36. Mrs. Berry
  37. Miss Clara M. Berryman
  38. Mrs. Mary A. Berryman
  39. Miss Margaret A. Best
  40. Miss Edith Best
  41. Miss Mildred I. Beyer
  42. Miss Leona C. Beyer
  43. Mr. Robert M. Black
  44. Mrs. Black
  45. Miss Virginia L. Black
  46. Mrs. Alice P. Blair
  47. Master Robert H. Blair
  48. Miss Marie A. Bogniard
  49. Miss Gizella Bokor
  50. Miss Viva B. Boothe
  51. Mrs. Boothe
  52. Miss Irene E. Boothe
  53. Miss Charlotte L. Bosworth
  54. Miss Mary Blanche Bovay
  55. Miss Eleanore Bowmann
  56. Mr. Horace I. Bowne
  57. Miss Isabella R. Boylston
  58. Miss Elizabeth H. Breneman
  59. Miss Anna M. Breneman
  60. Miss Louie Brennan
  61. Mr. Carl Brolin
  62. Miss Marion C. Bromiley
  63. Miss Doris K. Brower
  64. Mrs. Caldwell H. Brown
  65. Mr. Caldwell J. Brown Jr.
  66. Miss J. Brown
  67. Miss Ina C. Brown
  68. Miss Emily E. Brown
  69. Miss Leliaetta Bruns
  70. Miss Mary Isabel Bryce
  71. Miss Ruth Bugbee
  72. Miss Elizabeth Bugbee
  73. Miss Eva M. Bullard
  74. Mrs. C. H. Burlingame
  75. Mr. Russell H. Burno
  76. Miss Ruth. V. Butler
  77. Miss Mary T. Butler

 

  1. Mrs. Josephine L. Cain
  2. Miss Amma Cain
  3. Miss Leslie Campbell
  4. Mr. Lloyd T. Canfield
  5. Mrs. Frank Carter
  6. Miss E. Caven
  7. Miss Edna Chamberlein
  8. Mrs. Esther Chamberlain
  9. Mrs. Celeste A. Chapman
  10. Miss Alberta R. Cheshire
  11. Mr. Herbert Childs
  12. Miss Blanche Christy
  13. Miss Elizabeth B. Christy
  14. Miss Margaret L. Clapp
  15. Mr. Ray B. Clark
  16. Miss Katherine H. Clark
  17. Miss Charlotte R. Clark
  18. Mr. Calvin M. Clark
  19. Mrs. Clark
  20. Miss Grace I. Clarke
  21. Miss Sylvia Claster
  22. Miss Lillian Claster
  23. Miss Dorothy Clendenning
  24. Mrs. Helen Clifton
  25. Miss Mary M. Glower
  26. Mr. Willard H. Cobb
  27. Mr. Orrice G. Cocks
  28. Mr. Orrice G. Cocks Jr.
  29. Mr. Robert S. Cocks
  30. Miss Martha A. Colburn
  31. Dr. Frank W. Collier
  32. Mrs. Frank W. Collier
  33. Miss Clara F. Collier
  34. Miss Helen E. Collins
  35. Miss Harriet R. Colquitt
  36. Miss M. Rosetta Conover
  37. Mrs. H. Cook
  38. Miss Verona Code
  39. Miss JesSie L. Coulter
  40. Miss Helen G. Countryman
  41. Miss Grace Cowles
  42. Miss Muriel Cox
  43. Miss Mary W. Craig
  44. Miss Margaret L. Crain
  45. Miss Sal-all F. Crandell
  46. Miss Martha L. Crawford
  47. Miss Viola Dake
  48. Mr. J. Dwight Daugherty
  49. Miss Elsie M. Davidson
  50. Mrs. Clara L. Davis
  51. Miss Helen G. Dean
  52. Miss Elizabeth Dearing
  53. Miss Laura M. Decker
  54. Miss Norma M. Decker
  55. Miss Helen C. Dempsey
  56. Miss Lillian E. Dentinger
  57. Mr. William J. Dentler
  58. Mrs. Dentler
  59. Miss Florence A. Derby
  60. Mr. George H. Dession
  61. Miss Ruth R. Dibben
  62. Miss Marie Doherty
  63. Miss Sidney V. Donaldson
  64. Miss Helen M. Donnelly
  65. Miss Frances M. Dossert
  66. Miss Marguerite Douglas
  67. Mrs. Harriett M. Draper
  68. Miss Estelle M. Drysdale
  69. Mrs. Vera D. Dunberger
  70. Miss Margaret L. Dunn
  71. Miss Beatrice A. Dupree
  72. Miss Ruth I. Dupree
  73. Miss Allison Durkee
  74. Mrs. Jay H. Durkee
  75. Miss. Margaret Durkee
  76. Miss Marion Du Ross
  77. Mr. David W. Dusinberre
  78. Miss Margaret J. Dutcher
  79. Miss Mary E. Edwards
  80. Miss Sarah H. Eiers
  81. Miss Sarah H. Ellis
  82. Mist Mary English
  83. Miss Helen English
  84. Miss Corinne P. Evans
  85. Miss Miriam R. Ewart

 

  1. Mrs. M. H. Fall
  2. Miss Florence A. Farley
  3. Miss Mary F. Farnham
  4. Miss Marie E. Farrell
  5. Mr. William Fernley
  6. Miss Isabel Field
  7. Mrs. Sadie H. Finley
  8. Miss Dorothy L. Fish
  9. Miss Anna Fisher
  10. Mr. Robert Fisher
  11. Miss Grace E. Fitz
  12. Miss Hildegarde Fitz-Maurice
  13. Miss Harriet Flomher
  14. Mrs. Mabel G. Fogelsanger
  15. Miss Frances Foott
  16. Miss Ruth Ford
  17. Miss Helen Ford
  18. Miss Winifred M. Forsyth
  19. Miss Katharine L. Foster
  20. Miss Elizabeth B. Fowler
  21. Miss Mary Fraser
  22. Miss June Freeman
  23. Miss Marie Furlong
  24. Miss Edith M. Geiger
  25. Miss Elva K. Goodhue
  26. Miss Adeline Gordon
  27. Miss Sarah F. Gordon
  28. Miss Jessie Gould
  29. Miss Grace M. Gove
  30. Mr. Spenser Gowdy
  31. Mrs. M. E. Gowdy
  32. Miss Margaret Grainger
  33. Mr. Ellsworth Grant Jr.
  34. Miss Ethel T. Greaney
  35. Miss Jessie M. Greene
  36. Mr. Robert D. Gregg
  37. Mrs. Mary Tilden Grier
  38. Mr. Edwin N. Griswold
  39. Miss Alice B. Haight
  40. Miss Elizabeth H. Hall
  41. Miss Elizabeth Harding
  42. Miss Mildred Hargis
  43. Mr. H. Albert Haring Jr.
  44. Dr. Frederick B. Harris
  45. Mrs. Frederick Harris
  46. Dr. Fred. Harrison
  47. Mrs. Harrison
  48. Mrs. W. C. Harrison
  49. Miss Lenore R. Hayes
  50. Mrs. A. F. Hayes
  51. Miss Anna S. Hayward
  52. Miss Elizabeth G. Hayward
  53. Miss Celia Helfand
  54. Mr. Philip Heller
  55. Mrs. Martha S. Helmer
  56. Mr. Julius Herscher
  57. Miss Maud M. Hershey
  58. Mr. Paul D. Hicks
  59. Miss Isabel Hicks
  60. Miss Mabel Higgs
  61. Miss Beatrice Hildreth
  62. Miss Hope Hill
  63. Miss Dorothy Hirschberg
  64. Miss Elizabeth B. Hoffmann
  65. Miss Gladys Holmes
  66. Miss Susan K. Holleran
  67. Miss Nevada Hoover
  68. Dr. Henry H. Hosford
  69. Mrs. Hosford
  70. Miss Ida E. Houseman
  71. Miss Edith W. House
  72. Miss Alice K. Howell
  73. Miss Marie Howell
  74. Mr. Joseph A. Hubata
  75. Miss Margaret Hunger
  76. Miss Wiald Hutchinson
  77. Miss Amy E. Jacob
  78. Miss Phillis Jacob
  79. Miss Mary E. Jerman
  80. Miss Beatrice Jenkins
  81. Mr. Edward J. Jennings
  82. Miss Charlotte Jennings
  83. Mr. J. M. Johlin
  84. Mrs. Johlin
  85. Mr. J. M. Johlin Jr.
  86. Mrs. Ruth Johlin
  87. Mrs. A. Johnson
  88. Miss Valerie F. Johnson
  89. Miss M. Elizabeth Jones
  90. Miss Margaret C. Jones
  91. Miss Ina Jordan
  92. Miss Susan Joyce
  93. Mrs. Pearl Judson

 

  1. Miss Emily L. Kaufman
  2. Mr. William. Kearney
  3. Mrs. Kearney
  4. Miss Laura Keck
  5. Miss Helen E. Keith
  6. Mr. Edwin M. Kenney
  7. Mr. Frank M. Kercheville
  8. Mr. John M. Kimble
  9. Miss Bertha A. Kimble
  10. Miss Jane Kimble
  11. Miss Kathryn L. Kimble
  12. Mrs. Alta W. Kimble
  13. Miss Margaret King
  14. Mr. Frank Kingdon
  15. Miss Phyllis Kingman
  16. Miss Martha F. Kinnear
  17. Miss Jean Kirkpatrick
  18. Miss Ruth Kistler
  19. Mr. William G. Laffer
  20. Miss Dorothy L. Lampe
  21. Miss Hattie G. Lay
  22. Miss Carrie Leaman
  23. Miss Mabel Leslie
  24. Miss Anna C. Letzer
  25. Miss Mary C. Lietz
  26. Miss Helen Liflander
  27. Mr. Victor Linley
  28. Miss Fannie S. Lister
  29. Mrs. Ella S. Lodge
  30. Miss Nellie M. Lombard
  31. Miss Clara J. Long
  32. Miss Flora Long
  33. Miss Georgia E. Lowry
  34. Miss Grace Mackie
  35. Miss Elizabeth W. MacMaster
  36. Miss Katherine L. MacMillan
  37. Miss Elizabeth Martin
  38. Miss Ruth Mathewson
  39. Mr. Charles Maxwell Jr.
  40. Mrs. Maxwell
  41. Miss Marie May
  42. Miss Alice O. McCarren
  43. Miss Ellen McCarron
  44. Mr. Devereaux F. McClntchey Jr.
  45. Miss Ora McConahy
  46. Mr. J. D. McDonald
  47. Miss Mary E. McEntee
  48. Mr. William D. McGraw
  49. Miss Dorothy McKee
  50. Miss Lucie McKibbin
  51. Miss Louise McLouth
  52. Miss Miriam McNaughton
  53. Miss Elizabeth S. Melick
  54. Miss Margaret M. Merriman
  55. Mr. William M. Merritt
  56. Miss Madeline M. Merrill
  57. Miss Virginia Michel
  58. Mr. Frank E. Miller
  59. Mr. J. Stedman Miller
  60. Miss Marie Mitchell
  61. Miss Evelyn G. Miter
  62. Mr. Walter Moak
  63. Miss Grace E. Monty
  64. Mr. Alvin G. Monroe
  65. Miss Bertha E. Montague
  66. Miss Ruth P. Montgomery
  67. Miss Georgia R. Montgomery
  68. Miss Edith K. Moore
  69. Miss Doris V. Moore
  70. Miss Darrel E. Morrow
  71. Miss Adelaide H. Moser
  72. Mr. George Moser
  73. Miss Ruth V. Mugler
  74. Miss Georgie L. Muldrow
  75. Mrs. Lucie D. Murchie
  76. Miss Marie E. Murphy
  77. Mr. Eward C. Newfang
  78. Miss Doris A. Newton
  79. Miss Nan Newton
  80. Miss Gertrude Nichols
  81. Miss Florence Nicholson
  82. Miss Ailen E. Nicholson
  83. Mr. Carl C. W. Nicol
  84. Mr. Herbert P. Noble
  85. Miss Susanne Oberdorf
  86. Miss Willie D. O'Kelley
  87. Miss Florence E. Osborne

 

  1. Miss Pauline Packard
  2. Mrs. Pauline Packard
  3. Miss Edith Palmer
  4. Miss Janet Palmer
  5. Miss Cathryn Parker
  6. Miss Mildred J. Parker
  7. Miss Edith M. Parsons
  8. Miss Elizabeth C. Patterson
  9. Miss Anna L. Payne
  10. Miss Ruth Perry
  11. Mrs. Stephen F. Perry
  12. Miss Ruth E. Perry
  13. Miss Margaret Persons
  14. Miss Carol Phillippe
  15. Miss Louise M. Platz
  16. Miss Maude M. Pollak
  17. Miss Bessie M. Pope
  18. Miss Harriette F. Post
  19. Miss Dorothy Power
  20. Mr. John M. Pressou
  21. Miss Costance E. Price
  22. Miss Robin Rapp
  23. Miss Eudora Ratcliffe
  24. Miss Stella Raunheim
  25. Miss Kattie Raunheim
  26. Miss Alice M. Raw
  27. Miss Jennie M. Read
  28. Miss Olive C. Richards
  29. Miss Margaret Ridlon
  30. Miss Ethel Robb
  31. Miss Dorothy Roberts
  32. Miss Hilda M. Roberts
  33. Mrs. Frederick R. Roberts
  34. Miss Marian Rothman
  35. Miss Mary Roundebush
  36. Miss Sarah W. Roundebush
  37. Miss Elsie B. Rowe
  38. Miss Welthea G. Rowe
  39. Miss Isabel R. Roylston
  40. Miss Jeane Rummel
  41. Miss Alta J. Russack
  42. Miss Mary E. Russel
  43. Miss Barbara Rutledge

 

  1. Miss Winifred J. Sarr
  2. Mr. Irl. Sandidge
  3. Mrs. Marian L. Sanford
  4. Miss Virginia C. Sankey
  5. Mrs. A. McClain Sankey
  6. Miss Ruth E. Semans
  7. Miss Helen B. Scotney
  8. Miss Margaret B. Shapiro
  9. Miss Wenona L. Shattrick
  10. Miss Irene Shay
  11. Miss Adaline L. Shearer
  12. Miss Augusta Shefer
  13. Miss Margaret Shepard
  14. Miss Florence A. Sherman
  15. Miss Georgia E. Shropshire
  16. Miss Gertrude N. Sibbet
  17. Miss Birdie Silversmith
  18. Miss Mary F. Sime
  19. Miss Catherine Simonton
  20. Miss Edith M. Simonton
  21. Miss Amy A. Simpson
  22. Miss Dorothy Simpson
  23. Miss Lida J. Simpson
  24. Miss Agnes N. Simpson
  25. Miss Margaret Skillman
  26. Miss Elizabeth H. Sloan
  27. Miss Jonnie E. Slough
  28. Miss Marion L. Smibert
  29. Miss Laura M. Smith
  30. Mrs. Clyde H. Smith
  31. Miss Marguerite Smith
  32. Miss Lulu Hess Smith
  33. Miss Ruth M. Smith
  34. Miss Christie A. Smith
  35. Miss Ivy May Smith
  36. Miss Pearl Snodgrass
  37. Miss Eleneor Snow
  38. Miss Marion G. Snow
  39. Miss Minabel Snow
  40. Miss Georgetta Spangler
  41. Mr. Collie F. Sparkman
  42. Mr. Nelson J. Springer
  43. Miss Helen Stahl
  44. Mr. Richard Steffey
  45. Miss Ruth Steinhauser
  46. Miss Sarah Stephens
  47. Miss Ruth F. Stewart
  48. Miss Katherine Stewart
  49. Miss Helen Stockwell
  50. Miss Florence C. Stockwell
  51. Mrs. Stella H. Stockbarger
  52. Miss. Mary H. Stoner
  53. Miss Dorothy Stonesifer
  54. Miss Miriam F. Stotzer
  55. Mr. J. P. Syme

 

  1. Miss Mary L. Taylor
  2. Miss Erma B. Taylor
  3. Miss Mary Snyder Taylor
  4. Miss Florence C. Taylor
  5. Mr. Walter M. Teller
  6. Mr. William D. Templeman
  7. Miss Elizabeth Terry
  8. Miss Marion Terry
  9. Mr. George U. Terborgh
  10. Mr. William O. Thomas
  11. Mrs. Thomas
  12. Miss Ruth Thomas
  13. Miss Mary Thornton
  14. Miss Dorothy F. Townley
  15. Miss. E. Trackleton
  16. Miss M. Trackleton
  17. Miss Carroll J. Traver
  18. Miss Corinne L. Trotter
  19. Miss Mildred Truehart
  20. Miss Ruth Tyler
  21. Mrs. Belle S. Van Anken
  22. Mr. Donald R. Van Wart
  23. Miss Charlotte Walroth
  24. Mr. Ray B. Weaver
  25. Miss Ruth H. Welch
  26. Miss Mary Wendt
  27. Miss Isabelle Whitefield
  28. Mr. Sterling White
  29. Miss Eleonor Whittier
  30. Mr. E. Bryan Williams
  31. Miss Katherine Williams
  32. Miss Fannie Williams
  33. Miss Effie Williams
  34. Miss Dorothy Willison
  35. Miss Carrie A. Wills
  36. Miss Mary J. Wilson
  37. Miss Virginia E. Winbigler
  38. Miss Marjorie Wittwer
  39. Mrs. Edna Wolfinger
  40. Miss Ruth W. Wood
  41. Miss Mary M. Woods
  42. Mrs. Frances Worral
  43. Miss Martha Wright
  44. Miss Helen E. Yates
  45. Mrs. Samuel York
  46. Miss Gladys H. York

 

Gibraltar - New York

  1. Mrs. J. F. Burrows
  2. Miss Elaine G. Johnson
  3. Miss Isabelle C. Johnson
  4. Miss Lola B. Clark
  5. Miss Eunice Craig
  6. Miss Gertrude Foster
  7. Mrs. W. H. Foster
  8. Miss Villa E. Freeland
  9. Miss Florence E. Hagen
  10. Mr. Harry Hay
  11. Mrs. Hay
  12. Miss Mary Hurley
  13. Mr. Michael Marfe
  14. Mrs. Marfe
  15. Master Frank Marfe
  16. Master Albert Marfe
  17. Mrs. Viola W. Sholz
  18. Mrs. Cara Sommers
  19. Miss Eva Walker
  20. Miss Carrie Wilken
  21. Miss Irma Wilson

 

👨‍⚕️ Notable Individuals and Professional Highlights

This 1926 passenger list is uniquely characterized by its sheer size and diversity of professional travelers, many of whom were scholars, medical professionals, and middle-class American tourists undertaking a cultural Grand Tour. The Tourist Third Cabin class was particularly popular among educators, recent college graduates, and intellectuals in the interwar period.

🔬 Physicians

Dr. Frederick B. Harris and Dr. Fred. Harrison (with spouses): Their presence suggests a professional or academic excursion, perhaps tied to a medical conference or European study tour.

Dr. Frank W. Collier and Dr. Henry H. Hosford: Indicate the ship also catered to experienced professionals likely balancing travel with scholarly work.

🎓 Academics and Educators

Mr. Wendel C. Bennett: Future Yale professor and a pioneering figure in American anthropology. His early travel to Europe at age 23 reflects the influence of transatlantic scholarly exchanges.

Miss Ruth I. Dupree and Miss Beatrice A. Dupree: Possibly sisters or colleagues, and likely educators or involved in religious work based on similar patterns in name registries.

Mr. Orrice G. Cocks, Sr. and Jr.: From a notable family of social reformers and educators tied to the YMCA and civic uplift movements.

⛪ Clergy and Religious Figures

Mrs. Harriett M. Draper and others associated with missionary or church-related travel: Many women of this period engaged in religious or educational service abroad.

🌍 Cultural Tourists and Reformers

The list contains many female solo travelers or groups of women—typical of educated women in the 1920s engaging in cultural tours and social work study. Women like Miss Elizabeth Harding, Miss Edith Best, and Miss Mary T. Butler represent this phenomenon.

Mrs. Josephine L. Cain and Miss Amma Cain may have been part of a mother-daughter travel pair, again underscoring the family-oriented, upper-middle-class nature of this voyage.

 

Anchor Line Fleet

  • TSS Caledonia (New), 16,800 Tons
  • TSS Transylvania (New), 16,700 Tons
  • TSS California (New), 16,700 Tons
  • TSS Tuscania (New), 16,700 Tons
  • TSS Cameronia (New) 16,280 Tons
  • TSS Assyria, 8,103 Tons
  • TSS Britannia, 8,500 Tons
  • SS Circassia, 6,732 Tons
  • SS Elysia, 6,432 Tons
  • SS Castalia, 6,600 Tons
  • SS Massilia, 5,091 Tons
  • SS Scindia, 5,106 Tons
  • SS Olympia, 5,124 Tons
  • SS Tarantia, 4,753 Tons

 

Anchor Line Services

  • Glasgow and New York
  • Glasgow and Boston
  • Glasgow, Manchester, and Liverpool To Gibraltar, Port Said, Suez, Bombay and Karachi
  • Bombay To Suez, Port Said, Marseilles Gibraltar, Liverpool, and Glasgow
  • Mediterranean and New York

 

✨ Relevance of This Voyage for Educators, Historians, and Genealogists

Genealogists will find the full names, familial relationships, and port of embarkation crucial for tracing ancestry, especially for passengers arriving in New York via Gibraltar.

Historians studying the interwar period will note the ship's role in democratizing transatlantic travel through the Tourist Third Cabin class, fostering educational and cultural exchange.

Educators and students exploring immigration, travel history, or women’s roles in the early 20th century can use this passenger list as a microcosm of larger social trends—ranging from the growth of female independence to the internationalization of academic careers.

Social scientists may analyze gender demographics, noting the predominance of young women traveling alone or in small parties—many of them likely teachers, missionaries, or graduate students.

 

📝 Final Thoughts – Why This Passenger List Matters

The SS California’s 19 August 1926 voyage captures a vibrant post-war moment when the "middle-class Grand Tour" became an educational rite of passage. Its Tourist Third Cabin class was filled with doctors, academics, and reform-minded individuals—many of whom were women—traveling not just for leisure but for knowledge, service, and cultural diplomacy.

This list also provides a rare window into family dynamics and academic or missionary travel trends, reflecting the cosmopolitan aspirations of 1920s Americans.

 

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