Collection: George A Hough Travel Logs

Name: Lamport & Holt Line, routes and connections : Great Britain, Continent and United States of America to Brazil, River Plate and West Coast of South America.

Barcode: 58533

Publishing Location: Liverpool, England

Notes: Gift of Maisie Hough and Family.

Brief Description: Handwritten notations on the map by George A. Hough who sailed on the Vestris in 1924. Hough was a newspaper publisher from New Jersey who traveled widely and made several trips to Argentina. The Vestris was a 1912 steam ocean line operated by Lamport and Holt Line and had service between New York and the River Plate. On November 11, 1928 the vessel left New York and the next day it began listing about 200 miles off of Hampton Roads, Virginia, abandoned and sank killing more than 100 people. There were speculations as to why it sank including that it was overloaded, had outdated life preservers and lacked more modern radio sets. The sinking greatly reduced Lamport & Holt's bookings and in 1929 service to South America was terminated.

Publisher: Lampart & Holt Line

Date/Date Range Produced: Feb 19th, 1924

Language: English

Region Depicted: South America

Map Type: Geographical

Dimensions: 55 x 40 cm on sheet 62 x 44 cm

Historical Context: This map is part of the George A. Hough Travel Logs Collection (1921-1941). Hough traveled widely and kept logs of his trips and collected ephemera such as menus, postcards, news clippings.

LC Call Number: G5201.P3 1924 L3

OCLC: 1396818038

Donor: Hough

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