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- Trade Card for the Cunard Steamship Company, 1881 - The Cunard Steamship Company Ltd. began its first regularly scheduled transatlantic service in 1840. The 392-ton <em>Servia</em>, built in 1881, was the company's first steel ship and the first in the world to use electric lights. The Cunard line profited through transatlantic trade, mail-carrying, transporting emigrants, and the pampering of first-class passengers who were taking extended pleasure trips.
- 1840-1881
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for the Cunard Steamship Company, 1881
The Cunard Steamship Company Ltd. began its first regularly scheduled transatlantic service in 1840. The 392-ton Servia, built in 1881, was the company's first steel ship and the first in the world to use electric lights. The Cunard line profited through transatlantic trade, mail-carrying, transporting emigrants, and the pampering of first-class passengers who were taking extended pleasure trips.