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Although this card is not marked as Dexter Press, the image is associated to cards produced by Dexter Press (image number 45680-B). Details Publisher:  Distributor:  Printer: Process:  Photographer: Year: 1963 Series: 

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Details Publisher: Hannau Color Productions, Miami Beach, Fla. Printer: Koppel Color, Hawthorne, New Jersey, USA Year: 1963 Series: 52600

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The Sir Winston Churchill pub was located on the Mall in Freeport. Postcards 1970 – International Graphics Inc (D2200 – Type C)

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In 1963, Eastern Steamship Line sold the SS Evangeline to the Chadade Steamship Company, Panama, which formed a new subsidiary line, Yarmouth Cruise Line. The SS Evangeline was re-named Yarmouth Castle. On 12 November 1965 Yarmouth Castle departed Miami for Nassau, with 376 passengers and 176 crew members aboard, a total…

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Stella Maris is a resort town in Long Island, and was established in 1963. Hotels, Clubs & Accommodation Stella Maris Inn Postal Services Sub Post Office

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In 1963, Eastern Steamship Line sold the SS Yarmouth to the Chadade Steamship Company, Panama, which formed a new subsidiary line, Yarmouth Cruise Line.  Following the disaster of her sister-ship related to safety issues, the SS Yarmouth, was retired in 1966. References Get Travelling Wikipedia: Eastern Steamship Line (1965) Wikipedia: SS…

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In 1963, Eastern Steamship Line sold the SS Evangeline and SS Yarmouth to the Chadade Steamship Company, Panama, which formed a new subsidiary line, Yarmouth Cruise Line. The SS Evangeline was re-named Yarmouth Castle. Fleet Yarmouth Yarmouth Castle References Get Travelling Wikipedia: Eastern Steamship Line (1965) Wikipedia: SS Yarmouth Castle

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  In the early 1960s, the hotel director of the Grand Bahama Hotel and Country Club, Charles Sammons, requested the construction of two Chinese junks, at a cost of USD$15,000 each, for junkets between Grand Bahama and Sandy Cay. The junks, named Wing Wong and Hi Lee, sailed under Captain…

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  The M/S Grand Bahama was a 160 foot, 225 passenger, luxury liner. The liner was constructed in 1950 by Glommens Mek. Verksted, Norway, and was christened the M/S Romsdal. In 1962 it was purchased by by William Shipping Co., Inc, Monrovia. In 1963 it began sailing between West Palm…

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