SS St. Louis Passenger List - 23 September 1911
Front Cover of a First Class Passenger List for the SS St. Louis of the American Line, Departing Saturday, 23 September 1911 from Southampton to New York via Cherbourg, Commanded by Captain John C. Jamison. GGA Image ID # 21b1fd0f57. Measures Approximately 5.25" x 7.625". Some Foxing and Minor Markings along the Edges.
Senior Officers and Staff
- Captain: John C. Jamison
- Surgeon: W. P. Simpson
- Purser: J. D. Irvine
- Chief Steward: Walter Harris
First Class Passengers
- Mr. A. E. Aarons
- Mrs. M. Adal
- Mr. Richard S. Aldrich
- Mr. Winthrop W. Aldrich
- Miss M. H. Alliger
- Mr. R. A. Alston
- Miss Elizabeth Arnold
- Miss Katherine Arnold
- Miss Susan Arnold
- Mr. W. C. Arnold
- Mrs. W. C. Arnold
- Mr. C. Baker
- Miss M. L. Baldwin, Maid and Governess
- Mr. John Baldwin
- Mrs. John S. Barker
- Mr. H. Purdon Barlow
- Mr. F. A. Baya
- Mrs. F. A. Baya
- Mrs. E. W. Bell
- Mr. S. R. Bertram and Manservant
- Miss Eugenie Bissell
- Miss Katherine Bissell
- Mrs. Joseph B. Bissell and Maid
- Mr. W. H. Blee
- Mrs. W. H. Blee
- Miss Terese Bonander
- Mr. Henry E. Bonander
- Mr. Charles Boorum
- Miss Bourne
- Mrs. M. Bourne
- Mr. Thomas Bowers
- Mrs. Lloyd Bowers
- Miss Bowers
- Miss Cornelia Brandreth
- Miss Margaret Brandreth
- Mrs. R. Brandreth
- Mr. K. M. Broas
- Captain Preston Brown, (U.S. Army)
- Mrs. Preston Brown
- Miss Angelica Brown
- Mrs. James Brown
- Mr. Wilfred Buckland
- Mrs. K. C. Budd
- Mr. J. M. Buick
- Mr. W. F. Burrows
- Mrs. W. F. Burrows
- Mrs. John R. Burton
- Dr. S. F. Bushong
- Mrs. T. M. Bushong
- Mr. H. Byng
- Miss Marguerite A. Campbell
- Mrs. Jane Campbell
- Mr. S. T. Carnes
- Sir Frederick Bart. Cawley, M.P
- Mr. Oswald Cawley
- Mr. Henri G. Chatain
- Mr. W, Fenton Chauncey
- Miss Virginia Chesrown
- Mr. Marvin M. Chesrown
- Mrs. Marvin M. Chesrown
- Mr. Richard E. Clarke
- Mrs. Richard E. Clarke
- Miss May Cliff
- Miss Frances E. Close
- Miss Mary C. Close
- Mr. George Collen
- Mr. William Wallace Colquhoun
- Mr. A. Compagnon
- Mr. Philip Copp
- Mr. A. R. Cosgrove
- Miss Crook
- Mrs. C. C. Cuyler and Maid
- Mr. J. D. Davis
- Mrs. J. D. Davis
- Mr. Maurice Dey
- Miss Isidora Dreyfus
- Mr. Louis G. Dreyfus
- Mr. James D. Evans
- Mrs. E. G. Fairman
- Mrs. Charles Farnam
- Miss Louise Favre
- Miss Jessie G. Fenner
- Mr. J. Ellis Fisher, Jr.
- Miss Gloria Foy
- Mrs. H. Foy
- Mrs. Henrietta Frankfort
- Mr. S. Frantz
- Mrs. Ingeborg Gade Frick
- Mrs. Gerhard Gade
- His Highness Prince Jaisinh Gaekwar
- Mr. H. L. Garnaas
- Hon. James W. Gerard and Manservant
- Mrs. James W. Gerard and Maid
- Hon. A. L. M. Gottschalk
- Mr. John Gray
- Miss Guggenheim
- Mrs. S. Guggenheim
- Miss Harlin
- Mrs. J. B. Harpending and Maid
- Miss Marie Harris
- Miss Caroline Harrold
- Mrs. George A. Haskett
- Mr. George S. Hatcher
- Mrs. H. S. Hendsley
- Mr. L. Hill
- Mr. Carrol Clark Hincks
- Miss Helen H. Hinkle
- Mrs. Thornton M. Hinkle
- Mr. S. Hoar
- Miss Helen Holbrook
- Mr. E. H. Holbrook
- Mr. Edward Holbrook
- Mrs. Edward Holbrook
- Miss Mary L. Holmes
- Ensign J. B. Howell, (U.S. Navy)
- Mr. Hughes
- Mrs. Hughes
- Dr. Elizabeth Hurdon
- Mr. Herbert M. Hyde
- Mrs. Herbert M. Hyde
- Mr. Clark Jackson
- Mr. Oswald Jackson
- Mrs. K. A. Janson
- Rev. K. A. Janson
- Mr. G. S. John
- Mrs. John
- Miss Esther Johnson
- Miss C. E. Johnston
- Mr. H. Jones
- Mr. H. Jordan
- Miss Sadie Kaiser
- Judge Isaac M. Kapper
- Mrs. Isaac M. Kapper
- Mrs. Sadie Katz
- Miss I. B. Kellock and Maid
- Master Thatcher Kemp
- Mr. John W. Kemp
- Mrs. John W. Kemp
- Miss Mary Konig
- Miss Bertha L. Landis
- Mr. Hermann Lemp
- Mr. S. S. Lendholm
- Mrs. S. S. Lendholm
- Mr. Henry D. Lindsley
- Mr. O. Lion
- Hon. Francis Loomis
- Miss Ella Maguire
- Miss Helen Maitland
- Mr. J. W. Maitland
- Mr. Felice Maldare
- Miss Margaret Manning
- Mr. S. V. Matthews
- Mr. Philip Mauro
- Miss Mayer
- Mr. G. Mayer
- Mrs. G. Mayer
- Miss Gertrude Mayo
- Master Charles I. McCaskey
- Master F. McCaskey
- Mrs. Charles I. McCaskey
- Mr. H. McKeever
- Mr. George McManus
- Mrs. George McManus
- Mr. C. Meriwether
- Mrs. C. Meriwether
- Mr. Juan Mersen
- Mr. H. S. Michaelian
- Mrs. H. S. Michaelian
- Dr. P. Miller
- Mr. H. Morton
- Mrs. H. Morton
- Mr. Zebina Moses
- Mrs. Zebina Moses
- Comte Yvon de la Motte
- Mrs. Marie Narelle
- Mr. J. Nathan
- Mrs. J. Nathan
- Mr. John Nicholas
- Ensign W. C. Nixon, (U.S. Navy)
- Mr. C. J. Nutting
- Mrs. Charles Oakes
- Miss Gertrude O'Connor
- Mr. Cæsar Olson
- Mr. J. I. Phillips
- Mr. Roderic Phillips
- Mr. W. F. Phillips
- Judge William Jefferson Pollard
- Mr. Russell. H. Porter
- Mrs. R. D. W. Post and Maid
- Mr. C. J. Pratt
- Mr. George Bacon Price
- Mrs. George Bacon Price
- Mrs. L. M. Prindle
- Dr. E. Guernsey Rankin
- Master Irving Raymond and Nurse
- Miss Grace S. Raymond
- Mr. Irving E. Raymond
- Mrs. Irving E. Raymond
- Miss Eleanor Reynolds
- Mr. Chester A. Rhinehart
- Mr. Benjamin Reatl Riggs
- Mr. G. H. Robinson
- Miss Ada Romer
- Miss Violet Romer
- Mr. H. Rosenfeld and Manservant
- Professor Harold Victor Routh
- Mrs. Joseph Savidge
- Master Charles Schley
- Miss Helen Schley
- Miss Florence B. Smith
- Mr. F. Vinton Smith
- Mrs. F. Vinton Smith
- Mr. Basile Stamatopouli
- Master Laurence Starbuck
- Mrs. M. Starbuck
- Miss Louise Stephens
- Mr. Hugh Stephens
- Mrs. Hugh Stephens
- Mr. J. D. Stevens
- Mr. Albert Stewart
- Mr. William Stewart
- Mr. Robert A. Taft
- Dr. E. Sherman Talbot
- Mr. W. Theteher
- Mr. Floyd Thevvis
- Miss C. Thompson
- Mr. J. Stafford Thompson
- Mr. C. Warde Traver
- Miss Annath S. Troth
- Mr. Samuel H. Troth
- Mrs. F. Van Rooden
- Dr. Francois K. Voisard
- Master Henry Warren
- Miss Sylvia Warren
- Mrs. Samuel Dennis Warren and Maid
- Miss E. Watters
- Mr. W. Watters
- Mrs. W. Watters
- Miss L. A. Weaver
- Rev. Ross F. Wicks
- Miss Wightman
- Mr. George H. Wightman
- Mrs. George H. Wightman
- Miss May Wilde
- Mrs. George C. Wilde
- Miss E. Willis
- Mr. Thomas S. Winslow
- Mrs. Thomas S. Winslow
- Mr. James Wolffsohn
- Mrs. James Wolffsohn
- Mr. Ydlibi
- Mr. Alfred E. Zimmem
- Mr. George Zimmer
- Mr. E. Zimmerman
- Mr. A. Zundelowitz
- Mrs. A. Zundelowitz
For Additions and Alterations see back (None Noted)
General Information for First-Class Passengers.
- Breakfast from 8:00 am until 10:00 am
- Luncheon, 1:00 pm
- Dinner, 7:00 pm
The Bar closes at 11:30 pm
Lights are extinguished in the saloon at 11:00 pm, and In the Smoking Room at 12 (midnight).
Please apply to the Second Steward for Seats at Table.
Meals for Children are served separately.
Letters and Telegrams should be handed to the Saloon Steward within an hour after ieavive Southampton, and those for despatch upon reaching port should be handed to him an hour before arrival.
Writing Paper, Envelopes, and Telegraph Forms will be found In the Library.
For Railway and Steamship Time Tables of the various Companies, apply to the Saloon Steward.
Inquiries regarding Baggage will be attended to by the Baggage Steward, to whom all Baggage which Passengers wish to leave in the Company's cam should be handed, properly labelled, and with full instructions as to disposal.
Large Deck Chairs can be obtained for use on the voyage, at a charge of 4/- each, upon application to the Deck Steward. Rugs can also be hired on Board at a charge of 4/-.
The Marconi Wireless Telegraph Service.
Menages are accepted on board for transmission to any part of the world or for dellvery on board passing ships. The following are the wireless rates, to which must be added the land line or cable toils to points of destination :-
Great Britain and Ireland. Via Crookhaven, Llzard, Niton, North Foreland, and Caister, 20 cents per word without a minimum, address and signature counted. Land charges of one cent. per word (minlmum 12 cents) additional.
From Ship To Ship. Sixteen cents per word without a minimum, address and signature counted.
The names of shore stations and of ships, with which communication is expected during the day, are posted every morning in different parts of the ship.
United States and Canada. For ten words or less, address and signature not counted, Via Sea Gate, N.Y. $2.00; Sagaponack, N.Y., $2.25; Siasconsett, Mass., $3.00; Cape Race, New- foundland, $3.00; Sable Island, N.S. (via Camperdown), $4.00; Cape Sable, N.S. (via Camperdown), $4.00; South Wellstleet„ Mass., $5.00. Each additional word, 12c., 13c., 18c., 24c., and 50c., respect. ively. Land charges extra.
The American Line is not responsible for the transmission of messages.
Further information may be obtained by applying to the Purser.
Letters and telegrams may be addressed to the care of any of the Company's Offlces, where they will be held until called for, or forwarded, according to instructlons. The latest edltions of the leading Amerlcan and English papers are kept on file at the Company's new West End Offices, No. 1, Cockspur Street, London, where Passengers' baggage will also be recelved and stored lf requlred.
For the convenlence of Passengers the Purser is prepared to exchange a llmlted amount of Engllsh and Amerlcan money, at the rate of $4.80 to the pound when glvlng Amerlcan money for English currency, or 21 per $4.95 when givlng English money for Amerlcan currency.
The following rates of exchange have also been adopted for Amerlcan and French money :Eastbound, $ 1=5 francs; Westbound, notes and gold=19 cents per franc, silver=18 cents per franc.
The Surgeon is authorized to make customary charges, subject in each case to the approval of the Commander, for treating Passengers at their request for any illness not originating on board the Shi . In the case of sickness developed on board no charge will be made, and medicine will be provided free in all circumstances.
Should the Steamer arrive at the New York Wharf after 8:00 pm, Passengers may land lf they wish to do so, and have their baggage passed by the Customs authorities immediately on arrival, but those who prefer to remain on board may do so, and have the whole of their baggage passed the following morning not earlier than 7 o'clock. Breakfast will be served to those who remaln on board over night.
Valuables. The American Line has provided a Safe in the office of the Purser III which Passengers may deposit Money, Jewels, or Ornaments for safe keeping. The Company will not be liable to Passengers for the loss of money, jewels, or ornaments, by theft or otherwise, not so deposited.
Insurance of Baggage, Etc. Arrangements have been made whereby Passengers can have their baggage insured against loss by sea or land, including risk of fire, breakage, theft or pilferage, from the time the baggage is received by the American Line until delivery at destination. Other risks can also be insured against.
The Company strongly recommend Passengers to insure their packages whenever practicable, as in the event of loss or damage to baggage the American Line cannot under any circumstances accept any liability beyond the amount specified on their steamer contract ticket.
Travellers' Cheques, payable ln all parts of Europe, can be purchased at all the principal offices of the American Line. These Cheques are accepted on board American Line Steamers in payment of accounts, but the Pursers do not carry funds to enable them to cash same.
Public Telephones With Booths and Operator On Our New York Piers.
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Passenger List Information
SS St. Louis First-Class Passenger List for 23 September 1911
A Transatlantic Voyage of Prestige and Elegance
Commanded by Captain John C. Jamison
A magnificent relic from the golden age of ocean travel, this First-Class Passenger List records the illustrious voyage of the SS St. Louis, departing Southampton on Saturday, 23 September 1911, bound for New York via Cherbourg. Operated by the American Line, the SS St. Louis epitomized transatlantic luxury and exclusivity, offering first-class accommodations to dignitaries, social elites, and global luminaries.
This passenger list encapsulates the opulence and meticulous service of the era, featuring the names of prominent individuals from aristocracy, politics, business, and the arts. It provides a rare, tangible connection to the social and cultural fabric of the early 20th century.
Notable Passengers and VIPs
1. His Highness Prince Jaisinh Gaekwar
- A member of Indian royalty, Prince Gaekwar represents the international prestige aboard the SS St. Louis. His voyage reflects the cross-continental connections fostered by elite transatlantic travel.
2. Hon. James W. Gerard and Mrs. Gerard
- An American lawyer, diplomat, and later ambassador to Germany, Gerard’s political influence and international stature make his presence aboard a highlight of this voyage.
3. Sir Frederick Bart. Cawley, M.P., and Mr. Oswald Cawley
- A British baronet and Member of Parliament, Sir Frederick Cawley was a prominent political figure. Traveling with his son, Oswald, their inclusion underscores the SS St. Louis as a preferred vessel for the influential elite.
4. Hon. Francis Loomis
- Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State and diplomat, Loomis’ career in foreign affairs makes him a notable passenger on this voyage.
5. Mrs. Preston Brown and Captain Preston Brown (U.S. Army)
- A distinguished military officer, Captain Brown represents the intersection of service and society aboard the SS St. Louis.
6. Miss Gloria Foy and Mrs. H. Foy
- Rising socialites with connections to the entertainment and financial sectors, the Foy family’s presence adds glamour to the voyage.
7. Judge William Jefferson Pollard
- An eminent legal figure, Judge Pollard was noted for his contributions to American jurisprudence and public service.
8. Hon. A. L. M. Gottschalk
- A celebrated diplomat and cultural figure, Gottschalk’s presence enhances the roster’s prestige, reflecting the international appeal of the voyage.
9. Miss Guggenheim and Mrs. S. Guggenheim
- Members of the Guggenheim family, renowned for their contributions to art, philanthropy, and finance, exemplify the social standing of the passengers aboard.
Historical Context and Appeal
The SS St. Louis represented the pinnacle of transatlantic travel during the Edwardian era. As one of the American Line’s premier vessels, it catered to first-class passengers seeking luxury, convenience, and exclusivity. This passenger list is not only a record of the voyage but also a snapshot of the interconnected lives of society’s elite during the pre-war period.
The inclusion of notable names such as Prince Jaisinh Gaekwar, Hon. James W. Gerard, and members of the Guggenheim family makes this artifact particularly important as it pertains to maritime history and early 20th-century social memorabilia.
Conclusion
This First-Class Passenger List from the SS St. Louis, dated 23 September 1911, is an extraordinary artifact from the height of transatlantic travel. With its impressive roster of VIPs, fine condition, and association with a distinguished vessel, it offers collectors a unique glimpse into the luxury and exclusivity of the era.
