Ellis Island Passenger Lists - 1939
You Live Well on Board the Luxury Liners Manhattan and Washington Per this 1939 Travel in Luxury Brochure from the United States Lines 1939. The image is of a Deluxe Cabin on the SS Manhattan. GGA Image ID # 205bc20ec0
Passenger lists for 1939 represent the souvenir list provided to the passengers of each cabin class (and other classes). Many of these souvenir passenger lists have disappeared over the years. Our collection primarily covers North American and European ports and ports in Australia and South Africa.
Our collection contains samples of passenger lists produced and printed by the steamship lines. They are often used to illustrate family history books for immigrants from this period in time.
Coveted by collectors and genealogists, souvenir passenger lists often offered beautiful graphical covers and information not found in official manifests because they focused on the journey rather than the destination.
1939-03-10 SS Manhattan Passenger List
Steamship Line: United States Lines
Class of Passengers: Cabin
Date of Departure: 10 March 1939
Route: New York to Hamburg via Cobh, Plymouth, and Le Havre
Commander: Captain Albert B. Randall, CAPT. U.S.N.R.
1939-04-20 SS Hamburg Passenger List
Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
Class of Passengers: Cabin, Tourist and Third Class
Date of Departure: 20 April 1939
Route: Hamburg to New York via Southampton, Cherbourg, and Cobh
Commander: Captain P. Hille
1939-04-22 RMS Aquitania Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Tourist Class
Date of Departure: 22 April 1939
Route: Southampton to New York via Cherbourg
Commander: Captain J. C. Townley, R.D., R.N.R.
1939-05-11 SS New York Passenger List
Steamship Line: Hamburg American Line
Class of Passengers: Cabin, Tourist, and Third Class
Date of Departure: 11 May 1939
Route: New York to Hamburg via Cherbourg and Southampton
Commander: Captain B. Majewski
1939-05-17 SS Aquitania Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Cabin Class
Date of Departure: 17 May 1939
Route: New York to Southampton via Cherbourg
Commander: Commanded by Captain J. C. Townley, R.D., R.N.R.
1939-06-07 RMS Aquitania Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Tourist
Date of Departure: 7 June 1939
Route: Southampton to New York via Cherbourg
Commander: Captain J. C. Townley, R.D., R.N.R
1939-06-08 SS New York Passenger List
Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
Class of Passengers: Cabin, Tourist and Third Class
Date of Departure: 8 June 1939
Route: New York to Hamburg via Cobh, Cherbourg, and Southampton
Commander: Captain B. Majewski
1939-07-06 SS Stavangerfjord Passenger List
Steamship Line: Norwegian America Line / Den Norske Amerikalinje (NAL)
Class of Passengers: Cabin, Tourist and Third Class
Date of Departure: 6 July 1939
Route: New York to Oslo via Bergen, Stavanger, and Kristiansand
Commander: Captain K. S. Irgens
1939-07-08 SS Georgic Passenger List
Steamship Line: White Star Line
Class of Passengers: Cabin
Date of Departure: 8 July 1939
Route: New York to London via Cobh (Queenstown), Southampton, and Le Havre
Commander: Captain G. R. Dolphin, R.D., R.N.R.
1939-07-12 RMS Queen Mary Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Third Class
Date of Departure: 12 July 1939
Route: Southampton to New York via Cherbourg
Commander: Commodore R. B. Irving, O.B.E., R.D., R.N.R
1939-07-13 RMMV Stirling Castle Passenger List
Steamship Line: Union-Castle Line
Class of Passengers: Cabin and Tourist Third Cabin
Date of Departure: 13 July 1939
Route: Southampton to Durban via Madeira, Capetown, Port Elizabeth, and East London,
Commander: Captain H. R. Northwood
1939-07-14 RMS Windsor Castle Passenger List
Steamship Line: Union-Castle Line
Class of Passengers: Cabin and Tourist Class
Date of Departure: 14 July 1939
Route: Cape Town to London via Madeira
Commander: Captain R. W. Goodacre, R.D., R.N.R
1939-07-15 SS Ile De France Passenger List
Steamship Line: Compagnie Générale Transatlantique CGT - French Line
Class of Passengers: Tourist
Date of Departure: 15 July 1939
Route: Le Havre to New York via Southampton
Commander: Captain Albert Fontaine
1939-07-19 SS Champlain Passenger List
Steamship Line: Compagnie Générale Transatlantique / French Line (CGT)
Class of Passengers: Cabin
Date of Departure: 19 July 1939
Route: Le Havre to New York via Southampton
Commander: Captain André Blanquie
1939-07-25 SS Carinthia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Cruise
Date of Departure: 25 July 1939
Route: New York to Quebec, Gaspé, and Halifax and returning to New York
Commander: Captain W. C. Battle, D.S.C., R.D., R.N.R.
1939-08-04 SS Montrose Passenger List
Steamship Line: Canadian Pacific Line
Class of Passengers: Cabin
Date of Departure: 4 August 1939
Route: Liverpool to Québec and Montréal via Belfast and Greenock
Commander: Captain H. J. Ferguson, D.S.C.
1939-08-22 SS Washington Passenger List
Steamship Line: United States Lines
Class of Passengers: Tourist
Date of Departure: 22 August 1939
Hamburg to New York via Le Havre, Southampton, and Cobh
Commander: Giles C. Stedman, Lt. Cmdr., U.S.N.R
3 September 1939: The United Kingdom, France, New Zealand, Australia and India (by its Viceroy) declare war on Nazi Germany.
1939-09-09 RMS Aquitania Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Cabin
Date of Departure: 9 September 1939
Route: Southampton to New York
Commander: Captain George Gibbons
1939-09-09 SS Volendam Passenger List
Steamship Line: Holland-America Line / Netherlands American Steam Navigation Company (NASM)
Class of Passengers: Cabin, Tourist and Third Class
Date of Departure: 9 September 1939
Route: Antwerp to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer and Southampton
Commander: Captain J. P. Webster
10 September 1939: Canada declares war on Germany, the only declaration of war by Canada.
1939-10-06 SS Rex Passenger List
Steamship Line: Italia Line
Class of Passengers: Tourist
Date of Departure: 6 October 1939
Route: Genoa to New York via Naples
Commander: Captain Attilio Frugone
Other 1939 Passenger Lists (Not Digitized)
- Dollar Steamship Line SS President Pierce, 1939-03-30, Yokohama to Los Angeles via Honolulu and San Francisco, Commanded by Captain C. Jokstad, U.S.N.R.
- Cunard Line SS Carinthia, 1939-07-25, New York to Quebec, Saguenay River, Gaspe and Halifax, Commanded by Captain W. C. Battle, D.S.C., R.D., R.N.R.
Please help us make our passenger list collection more complete. We would appreciate a digital copy if you have an 1939 souvenir passenger list. Please email us at [email protected].
