In 1873 an earlier company, Plate, Reuchlin & Cowas was reestablished as Nederlandsch Amerikaansche Stoomvaart Maatschappij (Netherlands-American Steam-Navigation Company), (NASM), also known as the Holland America Line.
All passenger ship names end in ...dam. Some ship name examples: Amsterdam, Eurodam, Maasdam, Koningsdam, Nieuw Amsterdam, Noordam (which sent a message regarding ice to the Titanic, via relay through the Caronia), Oosterdam, Prinsendam, Rotterdam, Veendam, Volendam, Westerdam, Zaandam, Zuiderdam, Ryndam, Potsdam, Statendam, Spaarndam,Obdam.
Materials include an advertisement with color map of European routes on verso, Rhineroute, in Dutch.
Series Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.
Series Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Series Citation:
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Ships, Boats, and Vessels, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Sponsor:
Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).
