Merchants & Miners Steamship Dinner Menu Postcard w/Set of 5 Vet Boswell Photos

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Merchants & Miners Steamship Dinner Menu Postcard w/Set of 5 Vet Boswell Photos, including her husband John Paul Jones, her sister Martha w/husband Major George Lloyd, her daughter Chica, and her Aunt Mat
Vet Boswell of the Boswell Sisters singing trio and her husband John Paul Jones ("Johnny") traveled on this ocean liner (that was founded pre-Civil War) at some point before WWII. Following is a brief history of the ocean liner:
"Founded in Baltimore in 1852 to operate a cargo and passenger steamship line between Baltimore and Boston, Mass. The service initially operated with two wooden hulled side wheelers, but in 1859 built two iron hulled steamers to augment services and extended services to call at Providence, Rhode Island. Services were disrupted by the American Civil War, but resumed in 1864. After a period of decline after the war, the company slowly recovered and by 1869 were able to order a new ship. Further ships were built in the 1870s and in 1876 the Baltimore & Savannah SS Co. was purchased which allowed the company to enter the cotton trade between Savannah, Charleston and New York. The company expanded in the 1880s and added several new ports of call including Newport News and Norfolk to their routes. In 1900 a Philadelphia - Savannah service was started and in 1907 the Winsor Line of Philadelphia was purchased with their fleet of seven steamers. A new route between Baltimore and Jacksonville commenced in 1909 and in 1920 a service was initiated to Havana, Cuba, but this was discontinued after about a year. A service to Nassau, Bahamas started in 1939, but on the entry of the United Stated into World War II in 1941, most of the company's ships were requisitioned for war duty. Limited services continued, but after the war, it was not considered financially viable to re-purchase ships which had been sold to the Government or to build new ships and in 1948 it was decided to cease trading. The company was officially liquidated in 1952."--
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Included with the postcard are five originals from the Boswell family collection, featuring Vet Boswell, Johnny, and others.
All photos are in black & white in various sizes (the largest being 3.5x5", the smallest ~1.5x1.5") and in excellent to good condition:
(L-R)
1) In front of Vet's Rosedale, Toronto, home, Johnny, Vet, Aunt Mat, Martha, Major, Jules, 1936;
2) Dinner party with Vet, unknown, Major, unknown, Martha, Johnny, unknown, date unknown;
3) In front of Martha's farmhouse, Aunt Mat, Chica (Vet's daughter), Johnny;
4) Small photo of Vet in front of her Rosedale home, 1936;
5) Tiny photo of Vet w/Johnny, ?at a friend's house?, with Vet & Chica's writing on the back.
Will combine shipping.
Read more about Vet, Connie and Martha Boswell and the Sisters' incredible rise to fame despite Connie's disability and the Great Depression in the book, "The Boswell Legacy," written by the daughter and granddaughter of Vet Boswell and
for sale here on eBay
.  Keep in mind that many of the images sold here on eBay may appear in the second edition of the book, which is coming soon and will also include the definitive discography by David W. McCain.  Proceeds from book sales as well as the items here in the Boswell Sisters Store on eBay help to fund Boswell Sisters recognition projects.
The Boswell Sisters
were a highly influential, close harmony singing trio. Real sisters, they were three gifted musicians who emerged from the jazz movement in New Orleans in the early 1900s and became icons & pioneers in music & early radio & recording with influences that extend far beyond their own time. They took the idea of jazz and did it vocally, and they did it with such blending and precision that it has not been equaled since. Many giants of the swing era worked in their orchestras, and even stood and applauded them in honor of their musicianship at the end of a session--musicians such as Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey, Glenn Miller, Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, Mannie Klein, Bunny Berigan, Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang to name a few. This store contains items related to their career & personal lives, including the book "The Boswell Legacy" by Titus & Boswell Minnerly, restored & original seen & never-before-seen images, original artifacts owned by the sisters themselves, and much more.
Note: Buyers should be aware that purchasing original Boswell Sisters prints, or any other Boswell Sisters media on eBay from eBay username "Helvetia520" (representing the Boswell family collection), are purchasing the physical item, not the copyrighted protected material associated with it.  If a buyer wishes to use an image from a print or any other media for purposes other than private personal use, especially public use or for profit use, written permission from eBay username "Helvatia520" should be requested.  As owner of the collection being offered for sale in the Boswell Sisters Store on eBay, The Boswell Legacy LLC reserves the right to use the digital (or any other facsimile) versions of the artifact, photograph, sound recording, or any other item sold here on eBay from its collection.