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The Holland America Line Collectors Reference Library
Passenger list art
NOTE: Last update: Aug 24, 2013 - This page is under construction and passenger list art will be added over time. Added the currently scanned lists up to the present. Dates of the individual lists are being added over the next week.

The Holland America Line has always maintained a meticulous record of each and every passenger that sailed on her vessels for purposes of bookkeeping, insurance and statistics. The earliest lists recording the passengers are handwritten folios as depicted below. The content of these lists are alphabetical and each indexed name records whether the passenger was a First Class or Cabin passenger, or a Steerage passenger.

At some time in the mid 1880-2 the Line started to issue passenger lists for it's passengers so they might know who their fellow travelers were. These very early printed passenger lists are bound in richly illustrated covers that are true works of art and often depict the same images that are found on advertising posters of the era.

The turn of the 20-th century saw a change in the cover art and it started to reflect the emerging Art Deco style of the period. Many different artists contributed to the passenger list art over the decades. The issue of passenger lists for the passengers was discontinued in the 1980s.

All passenger lists below are shown with the front of the list on the left and the back of the list on the right side of the image except when the front and back images create a continuous work of art, in which case the back will be on the left and the front of the right side of the image.

We will notice in the "menu art" section of this library that the covers of the early passenger lists were also used for the menu cover, thus saving cost by having multiple functions.

The passenger list image is classified in a certain period through the earliest date known for that type of list. For example, pas-1920-030 is placed in the 1920s because the earliest known at this time is from August 1927, even though all the others are from the 1930s. Any date given is the date on the list in my posession, any description given is meant to further qualify the item; either by voyage, image or other significant text or event associated with the list.

This page shows the different images currently known to the author. Should you have a passenger list that is not shown here, please contact me by email so we may add your collectible to this reference library to share with other collectors.

The handwritten passenger lists

Handwritten passenger lists were the first ones used in the Line for functional book keeping purposes. Shown below is one example of these such a handwritten passenger list. They all have the same physical format and have similar outer covers without any artwork. A set of  labels indicates the ship name, voyage date, origin and destination and voyage number.

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          outer cover            front label                    inside view                      inside detail                     

1872 - 1899

The first printed passenger lists issued to be given or sold to the travelers are extremely rare and only few have survived in perfect condition. At this time the earliest list date known is 31 July, 1886, the ship is the s.s. W.A. Scholten with Captain Vis as commander.  The image (ID: pas-1880-001) is from the collection of R. Holder.


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ID: pas-1880-001
Date: 31 July, 1886
Ship: ss W.A. Scholten
USM  = US Mail
  Collection: R. Holder    
Collection Spits
 ID:pas-1880-003
Date: 28 July, 1888
Ship: ss Amsterdam
Map of the Atlantic Ocean
  Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
   ID: pas-1880-002
    Date: 10 Augustus, 1889
Ship: ss Veendam
Picture from Holland
  Collection: T. Spits

Collection Spits
ID:pas-1890-001
Date: 8 Augustus, 1891
Ship: ss Obdam
Ladies at the railing
  Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
 ID: pas-1890-010
Date: 20 May, 1899
Ship: ss Statendam
NASM Flag with text
  Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
ID: pas-1890-020
Date: 12  Augustus, 1896
Ship: ss Spaarndam
Saloon Passenger list
  Collection: T. Spits

Collection Spits
ID: pas-1890-030
Date: 12 September, 1894
Ship: ss Amsterdam
Utrecht city scene
  Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
ID: pas-1890-031
Date: 12 September, 1894
Ship: ss Amsterdam
The Hague part scene
  Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
ID: pas-1890-031a
Date: 12 September, 1894
Ship: ss Amsterdam
Haarlem bridge view
  Collection: T. Spits

1900 - 1909


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ID: pas-1900-010
Date: 15 June, 1909
Ship: ss Potsdam
Urk scenes
  Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
ID: pas-1900-011
Date: 24 May, 1910
Ship: ss Rotterdam
Volendam scenes
  Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
ID: pas-1900-012
Date: 29 October, 1910
Ship: ss Noordam
Marken scenes
  Collection: T. Spits

Collection Spits
ID: pas-1900-020
Date: 6 September, 1900
Ship: ss Statendam
Dutch landscape with cow
  Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
ID: pas-1900-021
Date: 23 June, 1900
Ship: ss Rotterdam
Dutch canal with bridge
  Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
ID: pas-1900-022
Date: 24 April, 1902
Ship: ss Rotterdam
Dutch landscape with cow
  Collection: T. Spits

Collection Spits
ID: pas-1900-030
Date: 26 April, 1902
Ship: ss Potsdam
Dutch landscape with windmill
  Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
ID: pas-1900-040
Date: 13 May, 1906
Ship: ss Nieuw Amsterdam
Nieuw Amsterdam in gold frame
  Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
ID: pas-1900-050
Date: 29 August, 1908
Ship: ss Rotterdam
Dutch nastional dress
  Collection: T. Spits

1910 - 1919
Collection Spits 
ID: pas-1910-001
Date: 27 August, 1919
Ship: ss Rotterdam
Dutch Windmill
 Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
ID: pas-1910-002
Date: 27 December, 1919
Ship: ss Rotterdam
Women harvesting potatoes
 Collection: T. Spits
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 ID: pas-1910-010
Date: 9 June, 1914
Ship: ss Nieuw Amsterdam
Amsterdam, The Hague, Muiden
  Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
ID: pas-1910-011
Date: 7 July, 1914
Ship: ss Potsdam
Windmills, Haarlem, The Hague
  Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
ID:pas-1910-012
Date: 4 April, 1914
Ship: ss Rotterdam
Rijswijk, Amsterdam, Haarlem
  Collection: T. Spits

Collection Spits
ID: pas-1910-020
Date: 7 December, 1912
Ship: ss Rijndam
Volendam scenes
  Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
ID: pas-1910-030
Date: 2 September, 1911
Ship: ss Rijndam
Volendam scenes with Statue of Liberty
  Collection: T. Spits




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Collection Spits
ID: pas-1910-040
Date: 21 March, 1921
Ship: ss Rotterdam
Muiden, Marken, Hindelopen
  Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
ID: pas-1910-041
Date: 19 May, 1919
Ship: ss Rotterdam
Volendam, Dordrecht, Walcheren
  Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
ID:pas-1910-042
Date: 15 July, 1915
Ship: ss Amsterdam
Spakenburg, Staphorst, Middelburg
  Collection: T. Spits

1920 - 1929


Collection Spits
ID: pas-1920-001
Date: 29 July, 1929
Ship: ss Amsterdam
Scheveningen, Haarlam
  Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
ID: pas-1920-001a
Date: 16 March, 1935
Ship: ss Rotterdam
Scheveningen - NATIONAL TOURS
  Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
ID: pas-1920-002
Date: 21 September, 1934
Ship: ss Amsterdam
Marken, Volendam, Enkhuizen
  Collection: T. Spits

Collection Spits
ID: pas-1920-002a
Date: 7 September, 1935
Ship: ss Rotterdam
Marken - NATIONAL TOURS
  Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
ID: pas-1920-003
Date: 11 July, 1925
Ship: ss Amsterdam
Zeeland, Zeeland, Middelburg
  Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
ID: pas-1920-004
Date: 1 Augustus, 1928
Ship: ss Amsterdam
Spakenburg, Amersfoort
  Collection: T. Spits

Collection Spits
ID: pas-1920-010
Date: 29 August, 1923
Ship: ss Nieuw Amsterdam
Haarlem, Amsterdam Gate
  Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
ID: pas-1920-011
Date: 13 Septermber, 1922
Ship: ss Rotterdam
Alkmaar, Weighing House
  Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
ID:pas-1920-012
Date: 13 August, 1924
Ship: ss Veendam
Dordrecht, Church
  Collection: T. Spits

Collection Spits
ID: pas-1920-020
Date: 15 July, 1922
Ship: ss Noordam
Landscape with windmills
  Collection: T. Spits




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Collection Spits
ID: pas-1920-030
Date: 17 August, 1927
Ship: ss Nieuw Amsterdam
Tourist, Third Cabin - beige cover
  Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
ID: pas-1920-031
Date: 29 August, 1930
Ship: ss Statendam
Tourist class - soft pink cover
  Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
ID:pas-1920-032
Date: 12 August, 1932
Ship: ss Rotterdam
STCA - soft green cover
  Collection: T. Spits

Collection Spits
ID: pas-1920-040
Date: 6 July, 1929
Ship: ss Veendam
STCA Tourist Third Cabin
  Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
ID: pas-1920-050
Date: 18 February, 1926
Ship: ss Veendam
West Indies Cruise
  Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
ID: pas-1920-051
Date: 11 Feb, 1931
Ship: ss Volendam
West Indies Cruise
  Collection: T. Spits


ID: pas-1920-050
Date: 18 September, 1926
Ship: ss Ryndam
University World Cruise
  Collection: T. Spits

1930 - 1939


Collection Spits
ID: pas-1930-013
Date: 24 June, 1939
Ship: ss Rotterdam
Independence Day Cruise
  Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
ID: pas-1930-010
Date: 1 Sept, 1939
Ship: ss Rotterdam
Labor Day Cruise
  Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
ID: pas-1930-011
Date: 4 Feb, 1939
Ship: ss Rotterdam
West Indies - South America Cruise
  Collection: T. Spits

Collection Spits
ID: pas-1930-012
Date: 22 April, 1939
Ship: ss Rotterdam
Cruise to Bermuda
  Collection: T. Spits




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Collection Spits
ID: pas-1930-020
Date: 5 June, 1937
Ship: ss Rotterdam
Railing at sunset
  Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
ID: pas-1930-021
Date: 9 January, 1937
Ship: ss Statendam
West Indies Luxury cruise
  Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
ID: pas-1930-021a
Date: August, 1936
Ship: ss Rotterdam
Vacation cruise - with AMX
  Collection: T. Spits

Collection Spits
ID: pas-1930-030
Date: 6 August, 1936
Ship: ss Statendam
NASM flag on beige cover
  Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
ID: pas-1930-031
Date: 24 June, 1939
Ship: ss Westernland
Red Star Line Service (SCARCE)
  Collection: T. Spits




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Collection Spits
ID: pas-1930-050
Date: 20 June, 1931
Ship: ss Statendam
Student Third Cabin (STCA)
  Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
ID: pas-1930-120
Date: 29 October, 1930
Ship: ss Veendam
Furness Bermuda with Veendam (SCARCE)
  Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
ID: pas-1930-130
Date: 5 jan, 1939
Ship: ss Rotterdam
Hershey Annual Personnel Cruise
  Collection: T. Spits

Collection Spits
ID: pas-1930-150
Date: 30 March, 1938
Ship: ss Statendam
To the Sunny Tropics
  Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
ID: pas-1930-160
Date: 3 February, 1938
Ship: ss Statendam
Around South America with AMX
  Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
ID: pas-1930-170
Date: 3 February, 1938
Ship: ss Rotterdam
61-days Around South America
  Collection: T. Spits

Collection Spits
ID: pas-1930-180
Date: 6 July, 1939
Ship: ss Rotterdam
VIII Biennial Congress WFE Assn
  Collection: T. Spits

1940 - 1979


Collection Spits
ID: pas-1940-001
Date: 5 January, 1949
Ship: ss Veendam
Bermuda Cruise
  Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
ID: pas-1940-010
Date: 13 April, 1948
Ship: ss Veendam
Trident on ochre brown field
  Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
ID: pas-1940-011
Date: 13 August, 1948
Ship: ss Nieuw Amsterdam
Trident on ochre brown field
  Collection: T. Spits

Collection Spits
ID: pas-1940-020
Date: 29 May, 1950
Ship: ss Volendam
Large logo on Green
  Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
ID: pas-1940-021
Date: 24 March, 1950
Ship: ss Veendam
Large logo on Yellow
  Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
ID: pas-1940-022
Date: 28 October, 1949
Ship: ss Rotterdam
Large logo on Purple
  Collection: T. Spits

Collection Spits
ID: pas-1940-023
Date: 31 July, 1950
Ship: ss Veendam,
Large logo on Blue
  Collection: T. Spits





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Collection Spits
ID: pas-1950-010
Date: 26 July, 1952
Ship: ss Ryndam
Logo and stripes in black on Yellow cover
  Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
ID: pas-1950-011
Date: 22 September, 1955
Ship: ss Ryndam
Logo and stripes in green on green cover
  Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
ID: pas-1950-012
Date: 7 June, 1963
Ship: ss Rotterdam
Logo and stripes in black on white cover
  Collection: T. Spits

Collection Spits
ID: pas-1950-013
Date: 27 May, 1952
Ship: ss Nieuw Amsterdam
Logo and stripes in gold on white cover
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Collection Spits
ID: pas-1950-040
Date: 22 April, 1939
Ship: ss Rotterdam
Art Deco tourist with Nieuw Amsterdam
  Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
ID: pas-1950-041
Date: 26 February, 1954
Ship: ss Maasdam
Art Deco native carrying basket
  Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
ID: pas-1950-042
Date: 20 June, 1958
Ship: ss Statendam
Art Deco Half Moon ship
  Collection: T. Spits

Collection Spits
ID: pas-1960-043
Date: 22 April, 1939
Ship: ss Waterman
Beach and Palms
  Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
ID: pas-1950-050
Date: 7 February, 1950
Ship: ss Nieuw Amsterdam
Around South America
  Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
ID: pas-1950-060
Date: 18 February, 1952
Ship: ss Nieuw Amsterdam
West Indies-South America cruise
  Collection: T. Spits

Collection Spits
ID: pas-1950-070
Date: 2 October, 1959
Ship: ss Nieuw Amsterdam
West Indies cruise
  Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
ID: pas-1950-080
Date: 8 August, 1950
Ship: ss Volendam
Min. of Transport and Waterstaat
  Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
ID: pas-1950-090
Date: 6 January, 1959
Ship: ss Statendam
1959 (FIRST) World cruise
  Collection: T. Spits

Collection Spits
ID: pas-1950-100
Date: 19 June, 1957
Ship: ss Groote Beer
ss Groote Beer on soft green cover
  Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
ID: pas-1950-100a
Date: 2 June, 1965
Ship: ss Groote Beer
ss Groote Beer on white cover
  Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
ID: pas-1950-110
Date: 10 Aug, 1953
Ship: ss Groote Beer
Groote Beer photo with text
  Collection: T. Spits

Collection Spits
ID: pas-1950-110a
Date: 26 Aug, 1952
Ship: ss Zuiderkruis
Zuiderkruis photo with Logo
  Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
ID: pas-1950-120
Date: 16 Sept, 1957
Ship: ss Groote Beer
ss Groote Beer photo with text
  Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
ID: pas-1950-130
Date: 24 June, 1955
Ship: ss Waterman
Special Student Sailing
  Collection: T. Spits

Collection Spits
ID: pas-1950-140
Date: 10 June, 1953
Ship: ss Zuiderkruis
Min. van Transport en Waterstaat
  Collection: T. Spits

ID: pas-1950-140
Date: 7 June, 1963
Ship: ss Waterman
Trans-Ocean Steamship Company
  Collection: T. Spits




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Collection Spits
ID: pas-1960-020
Date: 20 May, 1966
Ship: ss Nieuw Amsterdam
Festival Sailing
  Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
ID: pas-1960-030
Date: 2 October, 1964
Ship: ss Nieuw Amsterdam
West Indies cruise
  Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
ID: pas-1960-040
Date: 18 May, 1967
Ship: ss Statendam
Bermuda cruise
  Collection: T. Spits

Collection Spits
ID: pas-1960-080
Date: 11 March, 1969
Ship: ss Statendam
Caribbean Festival cruise
  Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
ID: pas-1960-050
Date: 6 January, 1962
Ship: ss Rotterdam
West Indies cruise
 Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
ID: pas-1960-070
Date: 25 January, 1964
Ship: ss Rotterdam
Around the World in 80 Days
  Collection: T. Spits

Collection Spits
ID: pas-1960-060
Date: 24 January, 1969
Ship: ss Rotterdam
Around the World in 80 Days
  Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
ID: pas-1960-060
Date: 1 February, 1960
Ship: ms Rotterdam
Four Continents cruise
  Collection: T. Spits

ID: pas-1960-090
Date: 19 January, 1968
Ship: ms Rotterdam
The World Cruise of 1968
  Collection: T. Spits


ID: pas-1960-060
Date: 25 January, 1960
Ship: ss Statendam
West Indies cruise
  Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
ID: pas-1960-060
Date: 24 January, 1969
Ship: ss Rotterdam
Around the World in 80 Days
  Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
ID: pas-1960-090
Date: 22 June, 1961
Ship: ss Zuiderkruis
Special Student Sailing (Trans-Ocean)
  Collection: T. Spits

Collection Spits
ID: pas-1970-001
Date: 18 November, 1978
Ship: ms Statendam
Grand Caribbean Thanksgiving cruise
  Collection: T. Spits
Collection Spits
ID: pas-1970-002
Date: 3 June, 1971
Ship: ms Statendam
North Cape cruise
 Collection: T. Spits






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