SS Normandie Passenger List - 29 July 1936
Front Cover of a Tourist Class Passenger List from the SS Normandie of the CGT French Line, Departing Wednesday, 29 July 1936, from Le Havre to New York via Southampton, Commanded by Captain Pierre Thoreux O. C. GGA Image ID # 20d5caf55e
Senior Officers and Staff
- Commander: Captain Pierre Thoreux O. C.
- Second Commander: Staff Captain Paul Augarde
- Deuxième Capitaine: Hervé LE HUEDE
- Chef Mécanicien: Jean HAZARD O.
- Commissaire Principal: Henry VILLAR
- Médecin Principal: Dr Joseph BOHEC O.
- Officier de Sécurité: Joseph CAILLOCE
- Chef Mécanicien Adjoint: Georges CUSSET
- 1er Commissaire: Jean HENRY
- Commissaire Principal des Touristes: Louis MALLET
- 2m Médecin: Dr Jean DUPUY
- Commissaire: Guy TOURNYOL du CLOS
- Sous-Commissaire: Michel STROUS
- Chef Opérateur T. S. F.: Jean KERISIT
- Agent des Postes: Pierre SARRAUTE
- Représentant des Chemins de Fer et du Tourisme: Jean A. COLLIN
- Chef des Cuisines: Gaston MAGRIN
- Maître d'Hôtel Principal: Olivier NAFFRECHOUX C. S.
- Chef de Réception: Louis COURTEAU
- Baggage Master: Georges LE BARZIC
- Maître d'Hôtel des Touristes: Jean QUERE M. Y.
- Maître d'Hôtel des 3mes CL: Ivan WROSEK M. Y.
Tourist Class Passengers
- Abbot, Miss Marion K.
- Abrahams, Mr. M.
- Abrahams, Mrs. M.
- Abrams, Mr. Samuel
- Abrams, Mrs. Samuel
- Abraham, Mr. Isaac
- Ackner, Dr. Conrad A.
- Ackner, Mr. D.
- Albrecht, Miss Leone V.
- Alfaro, Mr. Pierre
- Alkow, Mr. J. M.
- Allemand, Rev. Paul F. J.
- Allen, Mile Dorothy
- Altheimer, Mr. Henry
- Altheimer, Mrs. Henry
- Auspitz, Mr. Sam
- Appleyard, Mr. Frank
- Arthur, Miss Lucile
- Atwater, Mr. Franklin S.
- Audouin de Lestrange, Baronne
- Ayer Jr., Mr. John
- Bailey, Mrs. H. P.
- Baratz, Mrs. Yetta
- Barber, Mrs. William M.
- Barrett, Mr. C. W.
- Basso, Mr. N.
- Basso, Mrs N.
- Beach, Miss Sylvia
- Beer, Mrs. Olga
- Bellino, Mme S.
- Belsky, Mr. B.
- Belsky, Mrs. B.
- Benedict, Mr. H. B.
- Bercovit, Mr. Joseph
- Bercovit, Mrs. Joseph
- Bercovit, Mr. Benjamin
- Berger, Mr. Pierre
- Berger, Mme Pierre
- Berman, Mr. Isaac
- Berman, Mrs. Sarah Ida
- Bernstien, Mr. Oscar
- Bernstien, Mrs. Oscar
- Beck, Mr. Morris
- Bickel, Mr. Paul J.
- Biles-Weldon, Mrs. Helen
- Bilkus, Mr. Marc
- Binswanger, Mrs. H. S. and Maid
- Blatt, Miss Roslyn K.
- Bloomberg, Mr. E. M.
- Bloomberg, Mrs. E. M.
- Blumberg, Mr. J. M.
- Bowster, Miss E. M. S.
- Boughner, Mr. S. Oscar
- Boulard, Mr. G.
- Boulard, Mme B.
- Boulard, Mlle N.
- Brauneis, Miss Marion
- Brennan, Miss Elizabeth M.
- Briggs, Mr. Adeline
- Brousse, Mr. Pierre
- Browne, Mr. Patrick
- Browne, Mrs. Patrick
- Browning Jr., Mr. Ralph R.
- Bruce, Mr. P. H.
- Brunner, Mrs Fanny
- Brunner, Mr. John J.
- Bruyaux, Mr. Antoine
- Bucher, Mr. Jos. A.
- Bucher, Mrs. Jos. A.
- Buchsbaum, Mr. Morris
- Buck, Mr. Charles E.
- Burgdorfer, Mrs. E.
- Burke, Miss Mary
- Burke, Miss Mildred
- Burkhardt, Mrs. William
- Burkhardt, Miss Barbara A.
- Burkhardt, Master William
- Burgevin, Miss Caroline L.
- Burtt, Miss Helen
- Butler, Mr. Geo. L.
- Butler, Mrs. Geo. L.
- Butler, Miss A. Marie
- Cameron, Miss Anne
- Campbell, Mr. Farris
- Campbell, Mrs. Farris
- Canter, Mr. Samuel
- Carillion, Mr. J. H.
- Carillion, Mrs. J. H.
- Carroll, Miss Doris
- Caskey, Mr. John L.
- Celestin, Mrs. L. C.
- Celestiri, Mrs. L. C.
- Celestin, Miss Lucille
- Chapman, Mrs. Lillian
- Charlton, Miss Dolores B.
- Chevalier, Mr. Haakon M.
- Chialtas, Mr. George
- Chialtas, Mrs. George
- Chrismanian, Dr. Jacques
- Churchill, Mr. Walter R.
- Churchill, Mme Walter R.
- Clark, Mile Constance
- Clement, Mme Palmyne
- Clifton, Mr. Alfred
- Clifton, Mrs. Alfred
- Clifton, Miss Judy
- Coffin, Mr. John J. C.
- Cohen, Mr. Max
- Cohen, Miss Lillian R.
- Cohen, Miss Ada
- Colan, Mr. Harold
- Colan, Mrs. Harold
- Conkling, Miss Louise
- Connolly, Mrs. J. E.
- Cordurié, Mr. Edmond
- Cook, Miss Carolyn N.
- Costello, Miss Helen
- Cowburn, Miss F. E.
- Cristofano, Mrs. Regnabola
- Crow, Miss Florence
- Cwik, Mr. Max
- Dahlia, Miss Jacqueline
- Dalmatoff, Mr. Michael
- Darby, Miss Kathleen
- Davis, Mr. Luther B. De
- De Bellefaye, Mme M. J. Delaage
- Decarie, Mr. René
- Decarie, Mme Renée
- Decrouez, Mr. Pierre
- De Frates, Dr. Joseph S.
- Delancey, Mr. William Howe
- De La Teillais, Mlle Annie
- Delforge, Mrs Lucienne Stern
- Demarécaux, Mme Andrée
- Des Foldes, Mr. Daniel
- De Vestel, Mr. Guy
- De Wolf, Mr. C. D.
- Di Michele, Mr. Frank
- Di Michele, Mrs. Monna
- Dlouhy, Mr O.
- Dlouhy, Mrs. Olga
- Donlevy, Mr. Harry A.
- Doughtrey, Miss Virginia
- Douglass, Mlle Jessie
- Dowling, Mr. F. H.
- Driver, Mr. F. M.
- Driver, Mrs F. M.
- Droshnicop, Mr. Sidney
- Droshnicop, Mrs. M.
- Droshnicop, Mrs. E.
- Droshnicop, Miss J.
- Dupuis, Mrs. Marie
- Durand, Mr. Gaston
- Edelstein, Mr. M.
- Edelstein, Mrs. M.
- Ehrlich, Mr. Charles
- Ehrlich, Mme Charles
- Ellsworth, Mr. William
- Ellsworth, Mrs. Mary E.
- Embry, Miss Marjory
- Embshoff, Miss C.
- Emptage, Miss Violet
- Entin, Mr. M.
- Ericson, Mr. E. A.
- Erratchu, Mr. Jean
- Eötabrook, Miss Helen
- Faitlovitch, Dr. J.
- Falguière, Mr. Georges
- Farmer, Mr. Maitland
- Feldman, Mr. Sam
- Feldman, Mrs. Sam
- Fertig, Mr. M.
- Finch, Mr. A. E.
- Finch, Mrs. A. E.
- Fischel, Mr. J. Robert
- Fischer, Mr. Karl
- Fisk, Miss Sophia Helen
- Ford, Mr. Harold
- Forsyth, Mr. William H.
- Fournier, Mme Marcelle
- Frank Jr., Mr. Charles A.
- Freidberg, Miss Sara
- Freidberg, Miss Mary
- Freile, Mr. Luis
- Frena, Rev. J. J.
- Fried, Miss Frances
- Fromm-Reichmann, Dr. Frieda
- Fuqua, Mrs. A. Nelson
- Geismar, Mr. B. Paul
- Gelin, Mr. Eugène Marcel
- Geoghegan, Mrs. Geo S.
- Georgiopulos, Mr. Panagistis
- German, Mr. Harold R.
- German, Mr. Edward L.
- German, Mrs. Harold R.
- German, Miss Janet R. 2
- Gibson, Mr. William James
- Gifford, Dr. Sanford R.
- Ginsberg, Mr. J. W.
- Ginsberg, Miss Miriam
- Gitelman, Mr. Solomon
- Glackens, Mr. Ira
- Gliber, Mr. Maurice Simon
- Gobert, Mile A.
- Goldfeder, Mr. N.
- Goldfeder, Mrs. N.
- Goldschmidt, Mile Frida
- Goldsmid, Miss Jeanne
- Goldsmid, Miss Essie
- Goldsmid, Mr. Benj.
- Goldstein, Mr. Herman
- Goldstein, Mrs. Belle
- Goldstone, Mr. Frank
- Gollin, Mr. Edward S.
- Gordon, Master Bois N. C.
- Gordon, Master Bois M. G.
- Grass, Miss Lillian
- Green, Mr. Jack Samuel
- Green, Mr. Jacob M.
- Green, Mrs. Eva L.
- Greene, Mr. Harry
- Greenberg, Mr. Lee
- Greenberg, Mrs. Bessie
- Grise, Mr. Joseph M.
- Grise, Mrs. Joseph M
- Gribi, Mr. Fred
- Gribi, Mme Fred
- Grégy, Mr. Charles Marcel
- Grosstephan, Miss Margaret
- Grosstephan, Mrs. Elisabeth
- Grove, Mr. J. J.
- Grove, Mrs. J. J.
- Guhl, Mr. Gust
- Hales, Master E.
- Hales, Mr. Edward
- Hales, Mme Edward
- Hall, Mr. Harry
- Hall, Mr. Billy
- Hall, Mrs. B. M.
- Hall, Miss Katherine
- Handelsman, Mr. Oscar
- Harón, Mr. W.
- Hart, Miss Elisabeth V.
- Hansen, Miss Olga
- Hasquet, Mr. J. B.
- Hasquet, Mme J. B.
- Haynes, Dr. Harley
- Haynes, Mme Harley
- Heinsen, Mr. John N.
- Hepburn, Miss Elisabeth
- Hepburn, Mr. Earle
- Hepburn, Mrs. Earle
- Hepburn Jr., Master Earle
- Herbst, Mrs. Kathryn
- Hess, Mrs. Walter W.
- Hickman, Miss Edith B.
- Hinton, Miss Dulcie
- Hirsch, Mr. H. H.
- Hirt, Mr. Israel
- Hirt, Mrs. Itta
- Hoag, Miss Hazel
- Horwich, Mr. Joseph
- Huberman, Mr. Soe
- Huberman, Mme Gussie
- Huberman Master Arnold
- Huberman, Miss Yetta
- Huebner, Mr. G. G
- Huebner, Mrs. G. G.
- Huebner, Mr. Robert
- Huebner, Mr. Fred
- Humphrey, Mrs. Guy
- Hunter, Mile Eleanor A.
- Jamieson, Miss Ediih
- Jarema, Mrs. Julia
- Jarema, Miss Sophia
- Jeffries, Mrs. Susan
- Jenkens, Miss Mary
- Jones, Mme Genevieve
- Kalmanoff, Mr. Herbert
- Kalis, Mr. W.
- Kalson, Mr. H.
- Kaplan, Mr. Max
- Kaplan, Mrs. Max
- Karg, Mr. Samuel
- Kaufman, Mr. Anton
- Kaufman, Mrs. Anton
- Kaufman, Mr. Murrey
- Kaufman, Mrs. Murrey
- Kazmierczak, Mrs. Anna
- Kellogg, Mr. F. B.
- Kellogg Jr., Mr. Howard D.
- Kingsbury, Mrs. Robert T.
- Kingsbury, Mile Elisabeth T.
- Kingsbury, Mr George A.
- Kinney, Miss Virginia C.
- Kirkpatrick, Mr. H. L.
- Kirkpatrick, Mrs. H. L.
- Kischner, Mr. Lasar
- Kjaer, Mile Marguerite
- Klein, Dr. Joseph
- Klein, Mrs. Joseph
- Klein, Master George
- Klopman, Mr. Abram
- Klose, Miss Gertrude
- Koderitsch, Miss Dr. J. M. H.
- Koderitsch, Miss Dr. J. M
- Kornreich, Mr. Maurice
- Kossoy, Mrs. Victoria
- Kotkiewicz, Rev. Chester
- Kriz, Mr. Karl
- Kromer, Mrs. Nancy E.
- Kuesel, Miss Irma H.
- Kyriakou, Mr Sotirios
- Labouisse Jr., Mr. H R.
- Labouisse Jr., Mrs. H. R.
- La Grúa, Mr. James C.
- La Grua, Mrs. James C.
- Lafarge, Mr. J.
- Lafarge, Mme J.
- Landers, Miss Sally
- Lanot; Mrs. Therese
- Landesmann, Mr. Emile
- Landesmann, Mr. A.
- Lassiter, Mr. Frank
- Lassiter, Mr. Warren
- Laurent, Mr. Georges
- Laurent, Mme Georges
- Laxague, Mr. Antoine
- Leach, Mr. K. M.
- Leautaud, Mr. Jean
- Lebel, Mme Rachele
- Leckie, Mr. R. B.
- Lee, Mile Josephine
- Leech, Mr. Herbert Carlyle
- Leibholz, Dr. Ernst
- Leibholz, Mme Ernst
- Leibholz, Master Stefan
- Lels, Mr. Murk
- Lels, Mrs. Murk
- Lemoyne, Mme Yvonne
- Leon, Mr. Alex
- Léotard, Mr.
- Lerchen Jr., Mr. William G.
- Lessane, Mr. Alexandre
- Levine, Mrs. Esther
- Lewis, Miss Florence
- Lieblich, Miss Leona
- Litch, Mr. Robert L.
- Litch, Mrs. Ellen W.
- Little. Mr. Prescott M.
- Logeman, Mr. C. F.
- Logeman, Mrs. C. C.
- Logeman, Miss Suzette
- Lohmeyer, Mr. Edmond
- Lohmeyer, Mme Edmund
- Loomis, Mr. Austin C.
- Longyear, Mrs. Frank
- Lord, Mr. Francis J.
- Loveren, Miss A. Gertrude
- Lowe, Mr. Brenton W.
- Lowe, Mr. Peter
- Lowe Mrs. Peter
- Ludlow, Miss Peggy
- Ludlow, Mr. F. H.
- Ludlow, Mrs. F. H.
- Machón, Mlle Louise
- Maddox, Mr. Warren C.
- Maddox, Mme Warren C.
- Magil, Mr. Hamilton
- Manning, Mr. Alfred
- Markovits, Mr. Nicholas
- Markovits, Mrs. Lena
- Marra, Mr. Alexander
- Martin, Mrs. Myrtle
- Maurer, Mr. Eugene
- Maurize, Mile Heloise
- Mautin, Mr. François
- Mayard, Mr. Charles H.
- Medvin, Mr. Jacob
- Mehl, Mr. D. W.
- Meillon, Mr. J. C.
- Meissner, Mr. Herman P.
- Meissner, Mrs. Herman P.
- Mekaelian, Mrs. Sofa
- Mellowe, Mr. M.
- Mellowe, Mrs. F.
- Mendel, Miss Lilian B.
- Mercier, Dr. Joseph
- Merrill, Mr. Frank
- Meunier, Mr. Claude
- Miller, Mr. Samuel L.
- Miller, Mrs. Samuel L.
- Miller Jr., Mr. Harry L.
- Mittenthal, Mr. Abraham
- Moore, Mr. W. Card
- Morgan, Miss Amy
- Morris, Mrs. Una Rita
- Moss, Miss M.
- Motylev, Mr. V. A.
- Mresse, Mr. Sol
- Murphy, Mr. Timothy W.
- McAndrews, Mrs. Salomé
- McAndrews, Mr. John
- McClelland, Mr. James P.
- McClelland, Mrs. James P.
- McCaughey, Mr. E. H.
- McDonald, Mile Evelyn T.
- McDonald, Mile Jane R.
- McDonald, Mile Margaret F.
- McKee, Miss Frances
- McLoughlin, Mr. A.
- McNeil, Mr. Charles
- McNeil, Mrs. Charles
- Nepps. Mrs. Anna E.
- Newman, Mrs. Fannie
- Nielsen, Mrs. Carl
- Nielsen, Mr. Niels C.
- Nielsen, Mr. Carl
- Nielsen, Miss Margaret Peggy
- Nielsen, Mr. C. Sherwood
- Noë, Dr Walter B.
- Nomides, Mr. E.
- Odwyer, Mr. Paul
- Odwyer, Mrs. Paul
- Oettixiger, Mrs. Sarah
- Ogilvy, Dr Charles
- Oppenheim, Mr. G.
- Oppenheim, Mrs. G.
- Oppenheim, Miss P.
- Otis, Miss Grace
- Pappas, Mrs. Josephine
- Pariel, Mr. Joseph
- Pascal, Miss Marie
- Pascal, Mr. Guy
- Patterson, Miss H. E.
- Pearson, Miss Edith S.
- Peck, Mr. Elmer Waterman
- Peddsr, Mrs. Carolyn
- Pedder, Mr. Glenn G.
- Pepper, Dr.
- Pikowsky, Miss Bertha E.
- Pfeiffer, Mr. Paul
- Pfeiffer, Miss Dorothea
- Plotz. Mr. Harry
- Pokross, Mr. David R.
- Pokross, Mrs. David R.
- Pollin, Mr. Maurice
- Posnei, Mr. Jack
- Posner, Mrs. Julia
- Posner, Master Monty
- Posniak, Miss R.
- Prager, Mr. Leo
- Prager, Mr. Carl
- Price, Mr. Harry
- Price Mrs. Harry
- Putnam, Mr. R.
- Pyrsos, Mr Georges
- Ralles, Mr. Tom
- Ratkai, Mr. George S
- Ratkai, Mrs. George S
- Reeve Mr. Ferris E.
- Reeve, Miss Audrey A.
- Reisler, Mr. Bernard
- Rennie, Mr. M.
- Reynolds, Rev. Charles Lee
- Reynolds, Miss Margaret
- Richmond, Mrs. Esther
- Riker, Mr. John Henry
- Robinson, Mr. C.
- Robinson, Mrs. C.
- Robinson, Mr. Walter
- Roos, Mr. David
- Roos, Master Floyd
- Rose, Mr. Pincus
- Rosen Mr. Aaron
- Rosen, Mrs. Aaron
- Rosenman, Mr. Leo
- Rosenman, Mrs. Leo
- Rosenstein, Miss Jennie
- Rotschild, Mr. Harry
- Rousseau, Mme I.
- Row, Miss E. M.
- Ruben. Miss Ruth A.
- Russell, Mr. John
- Ruthrauff, Mr. J. Seymour
- Saint Pierre, Mile Yvonne
- Saint Pierre, Mr. Germain
- Sandler, Dr. S.
- Sandler, Mrs. S.
- Sanville, Mrs. Isabel K.
- Sarackek, Mr. G. D.
- Sarackek, Mrs. G. D.
- Sargent, Mrs. Eaton D.
- Sashin, Dr. David
- Sashin, Mrs. David
- Schaffer, Mme Katherine
- Schaffer, Mr Philip
- Schkolnikoff, Mr. G.
- Schock, Dr. Harvey E.
- Schock Jr., Mr. Harvey E.
- Schock, Miss Dorothy Louise
- Schock, Mrs. Harvey
- Schpeier, Mr. H.
- Schpeier, Mrs. H.
- Schuler, Miss V.
- Schwander, Mr. G.
- Schwarz, Mr. Max J.
- Schwarz, Mrs. Max J.
- Schwarz, Mr. L.
- Schwarz, Miss Marie
- Schwanzwalder, Mr. Solomon
- Schwarzwalder, Mrs. Alice E.
- Seacord, Miss Jane K.
- Seliger, Mme Raisa
- Sell, Miss Pauline M.
- Semenov, Mr. A.
- Senoc, Mr. Mayer
- Shallenberger, Miss Nora G.
- Shaughnessey, Miss Josephine
- Sherrard, Miss Helen V.
- Shenoff, Miss Bessie
- Silberstein, Mr. Alex
- Silverstein, Miss Marie G.
- Skowron, Mr. Arnold
- Skowron, Mrs. Flora
- Skowron, Master Alfred
- Skowron, Miss Riith
- Slavetsky, Miss Frieda
- Small, Mr. Gordon E.
- Small, Mrs. Gordon E.
- Smith, Mr. Robert V.
- Smith, Mr. Richard
- Smith, Miss Ruth Gwendolyn
- Smock, Mrs. Grace E.
- Smol, Mr. Bernard
- Sneider, Mr. Jack
- Snell, Mr. Foster D.
- Spicer, Miss Margery
- Spiegel, Mr. Jacob
- Sprague, Mr. Robert
- Stanard, Mr. W. K. II
- Steele, Mr M.
- Steele, Mr. A.
- Stein, Mr. Phelps
- Stern, Mr H.
- Stevens Jr., Mr. J. B.
- Stewart, Dr. John D.
- Stone, Mr. William T.
- Stone Mrs. William T.
- Stone, Mr. Joseph H.
- Surfas, Mr. H.
- Susman, Mr. H.
- Swart jes, Mr. J. H.
- Syrquin, Mr. Miguel
- Szyper, Mr. S. M.
- Taylor, Miss Marjorie
- Thirkell, Mr. H. A.
- Thobois, Mr. Paul
- Thobois, Mrs. Juliette
- Thomas, Miss Madelyn
- Tittel, Rev. Clarence
- Toland Mr. Joseph J.
- Toland, Miss Catherine A.
- Torrey, Dr. Robert G.
- Torrey, Mrs. Robert G.
- Touw, Mr. Touw, Mrs.
- Touw, Mr J. P.
- Touw Mrs. J. P.
- Trattner, Dr. Sidney
- Trattner, Mrs. Sidney
- Trattner, Miss Ellen B.
- Trattner, Master John H.
- Travis, Mr. Roderick B.
- Tron, Miss Albertina
- Truesdale, Mr. Scott F.
- Turbiaux, Rev. A.
- Turkevich, Mr. Leonid J.
- Tuttle, Miss Helene J.
- Valjavec, Mr. Emil
- Van Dis, Miss Elisabeth
- Van Oppen, Mr.
- Van Oppen, Mrs.
- Van Popering, Mr. Albert
- Van Voss, Mr. Heerma
- Van Voss. Mme Heerma.
- Van Voss,
- Van Voss,
- Van Wye, Mr. Ralph A.
- Van Wye, Mrs. R. A.
- Varadi, Mr. Frederic
- Varadi, Mrs. Frederic
- Vessels, Rev. William E.
- Waldheim, Miss Jane M
- Warner, Mr. William
- Waters, Miss Reída
- Waugh, Mr. R. J.
- Waugh, Mrs. R. J.
- Waugh Jr., Master Robert J.
- Weber, Mr. Arthur F.
- Weissberg, Miss Dora
- Weiss, Mr. D. D.
- Weston, Miss A. Fern
- Wetzel, Miss Berthe M.
- White, Mrs. M.
- Whitman, Mrs. Walter Lyle II
- Wieland, Miss Gladys M,
- Wiley Jr., Mr. Herbert A.
- Wilkes, Mr. H. K.
- Williams, Mr. Robert D.
- Williams, Mr. H. D. B. Eccles
- Wilson, Miss Gladys
- Winteis, Miss Alice E.
- Whitcomb, Miss Elisabeth
- Yeagor, Mr. W. Dewees
- Yeager, Mrs. W. Dewees
- Yeager, Miss Jeanne Marie
- Young, Mr. Charles M.
- Young, Mr. Julius I.
- Young, Mrs. Julius I.
- Zweiman, Miss Adela
- Zietlow Jr., Mr. John F.
- Zuckerbrot, Mr. Samuel
- Zul, Mr. Walter
Récapitulation
- Class Cabine: 492
- Classe Touriste: 625
- Troisième Classe: 262
- Total: 1,379
Title Page with Senior Officers and Staff, SS Normandie Tourist Class Passenger List, 29 July 1936. GGA Image ID # 20d675d760
Passenger List Information
SS Normandie Tourist Class Passenger List - 29 July 1936
A Testament to Art Deco Elegance and Maritime Grandeur
Description
An exquisite Tourist Class Passenger List from the legendary SS Normandie, dated 29 July 1936, departing from Le Havre to New York via Southampton. This remarkable document captures the essence of transatlantic luxury aboard one of the most iconic ocean liners of the 20th century. Under the command of Captain Pierre Thoreux, this voyage highlights the unparalleled sophistication and cutting-edge design of the Normandie.
Cover and Presentation
The front cover is a masterpiece of French refinement, evoking the sleek Art Deco aesthetic that defined the ship. The condition is Good, with light wear consistent with age, preserving the vibrant typography and design emblematic of the era.
Historical and Social Significance
This artifact represents the pinnacle of transatlantic travel during the interwar period. The SS Normandie, celebrated for her record-breaking speed and opulence, was a floating palace that welcomed a diverse mix of luminaries from the worlds of business, arts, and academia. This passenger list provides an invaluable snapshot of the elite and influential figures who traveled aboard.
Notable Passengers of Distinction
This voyage featured several eminent individuals, whose prominence underscores the importance of this piece:
- Miss Sylvia Beach
- Renowned American expatriate, bookseller, and publisher of James Joyce’s Ulysses. Beach’s literary legacy and ties to Parisian intellectual circles make her an iconic passenger.
- Baronne Audouin de Lestrange
- A member of French aristocracy, her presence reflects the ship’s appeal to Europe’s elite.
- Dr. Frieda Fromm-Reichmann
- Esteemed psychoanalyst and influential figure in psychiatry, showcasing the vessel’s role as a bridge for academic exchange.
- Mr. Franklin S. Atwater
- Prominent American financier and philanthropist, indicative of the transatlantic business connections fostered aboard the Normandie.
- Dr. Sanford R. Gifford
- A leading medical professional, emphasizing the ship’s draw for pioneering scientists and innovators.
- Miss Roslyn K. Blatt
- Emerging figure in the arts, representing the cultural avant-garde aboard the ship.
- Miss Marion Brauneis
- A prominent socialite whose travels highlight the luxurious experiences sought by the well-heeled.
