AMERICA & UNITED STATES - Extensive 1964 passenger fares brochureUnited States Lines A twenty four page passenger fares brochure from January 1964 for the AMERICA and UNITED STATES. The extensive rates cover cabins ranging from windowless hovels in the darkest depths to the snazziest suites on brightly lit decks. SSUS rates ranged from $241 down on D Deck to $1,238 for a suite on Upper Deck. AMERICA matched her younger sister's basement rate at $241 but topped out at $861 for a Upper Deck suite. Also included are

The liners first sailed in 1928 as DUCHESS OF BEDFORD and DUCHESS OF RICHMOND

There are several pages of interiors photos

Three decks are shown covering First and a smidgin of Second

A cutaway shows class and public room locations

"The passenger quarters are of American Colonial design

Half-tone photos show the Chambord Dining Room

reduced to a burned out hulk

The ship was now all First Class with a proper stern mounted pool with an adjacent "Marine Veranda"

a fold-out (15" by 20") color interiors brochure for these survivors of Cunard's pre-war fleet

ASIA suffered the indignity of being rebuilt as a livestock transport

even the humble AMERICAN BANKER class of combo-liners gets the same deluxe treatment as luxo-liners like LEVIATHAN and MAJESTIC

There is a three-panel portrait of this handsome liner in her brand-new gleaming white livery