Original Listing Description

VERY Rare 1974 Set from the SS France Cruise Ship including the original 1st Class ticket!Set includes:1st Class TicketDeck PlanPassenger List for 7/5/74 sailingWhat makes this set more special is this includes the 1st Class ticket and 1st Class Passenger list from a sailing on July 5, 1974 from Le Havre, France to New York which was the last year the SS France sailed under the French line. Note that the ticket cost back then was $5,112 which adjusted for inflation would be about $28,821 today; truly 1st class. Total passengers on this sailing were 1,250 of which 460 were 1st class and back then 1st class was truly separated from the rest of the passengers (like an airline).A little history:France was the French Line flagship from 1961 to 1974, combining regular five days/nights transatlantic crossings with occasional winter cruises, as well as two world circumnavigations During her last years, to save fuel costs, crossings took six days/nights. France's maiden voyage to New York took place on 3 February 1962, with many of France's film stars and aristocracy aboard.in 1973 the Oil Crisis hit, and the price of oil went from US$3 to $12 per barrel. When the French government, at the end of the Trente Glorieuses, realized that keeping France running would necessitate an additional ten million dollars a year, it opted instead to subsidize the then in-development Concorde. Without this government money, the French Line could not operate, and with a press release issued in 1974 it was announced that France would be withdrawn from service on 25 October that year before being sold to the Norwegian Cruise Line in 1979 where it later became the Norway. It was ultimately sold for scrap in 2005.Note that the deck plan, when completely unfolded, measures 34"wide x 25"high.Truly a great collector item set!Happy to answer any questions. (Condition: Pre-Owned)

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