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Chief Purser Curt Dawe
Work in progress
Four pages with photos have been added, see link below
Many more images will be addedA large donation, containing Curt Dawe's extensive collection of SAL memorabilia,
has been
contributed by Curt Dawe's nephews, Andreas and Christian Dawe.
The collection has been
donated to the Maritime Museum in Gothenburg,
Sjöfartsmuséet,
with permission for us to view the objects on this website.
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| Chief Purser Curt Dawe on his 50th birthday, September 26, 1967, on board the Gripsholm |
Curt Dawe was born in Denmark on September 26, 1917. He commenced his career working for Danish travel agencies, at Bennetts Rejsebureau and Nordisk Resebureau. He joined SAL after World War II, as Information Officer and 2nd Purser on the MS Gripsholm and the MS Kungsholm. In 1955, at the age of 37, Dawe succeeded Hugo Billén as Chief Purser on the MS Stockholm. He retained the position as Chief Purser on the SAL liners, heading the "hotel & restaurant" department on board, until 1975. During nearly 30 years, Curt Dawe, sailed on the SAL fleet, between the most exciting ports in the world, knowing his way around Rio de Janeiro, and Hong Kong, just as well as in New York City. As Chief Purser, he entertained and dined with aristocrats, multi-millionaires and world celebrities every day, on hundreds of cruises and Atlantic crossings. Dawe served on the MS Stockholm at the time of the collision with Andrea Doria. He was later commended by the United States Department of Justice for his actions immediately after the accident during the MS Stockholm's return voyage to New York. Curt Dawe passed away in Denmark in 1994.
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| Curt Dawe, Charlie McCarthy, and Edgar Bergen From the Curt Dawe collection. |
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Autographs on the back of a Gripsholm postcard. From the Curt Dawe collection. |
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Ingrid Bergman visited the Gripsholm in Hong Kong, on the Around the World Cruise 1966. From left: Lecturer Hans Ostelius, Chief Purser Curt Dawe, Ingrid Bergman, and her husband, theater producer Lars Schmidt. |
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Manipulated archive photo of Greta Garbo for comparison. |
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The SAL flag, the Swedish flag, and copies
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| Curt Dawe and his brother Roland Dawe, the father of Andreas and Christian Dawe, who have donated the Dawe collection. Roland Dawe joined at least two long cruises, and Curt Dawe kept frequently in touch with his brother in Denmark. |
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| SAL veterans Ingwar Gemzell and Gerhard Kummer, who both served nearly 20 years on SAL liners, assist in identifying persons on more than a hundred photos in the Dawe collection. October 2007. | |
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M/S Kungsholms inredning Första M/S Kungsholm, Amerikalinjens stora passagerarfartyg, byggdes på 1920-talet. Det gick mellan Göteborg och New York. Arkitekten Carl Bergsten fick uppdraget att hålla i den påkostade inredningen som skulle visa för världen vad svenska konstnärer kunde åstadkomma. Under andra världskriget togs fartyget i beslag av amerikanarna för att användas i trupptransporten till Europa. Inredningen revs då ner och förstördes. Anne-Marie Ericsson har letat i arkiv och museer efter beskrivningar, ritningar och gamla fotografier för att försöka rekonstruera denna makalösa uppvisning i svensk inredningskonst. |
Amerikabåtarna Christer Winberg, professor i historia vid Göteborgs universitet, har skrivit en bok om SAL som bygger på bevarat samtida material från Svenska Amerika Linien på Landsarkivet och Sjöfartsmuseet i Göteborg. Det omfattar exempelvis reserapporter, minnesberättelser och personligt färgade reseskildringar. Författaren har också samlat in eget material genom intervjuer med f.d. anställda.
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Andrea Dorias undergång I Andrea Dorias undergång berättar Britt-Marie Mattsson den fascinerande berättelsen om kollisionen, den heroiska räddningsaktionen och det rättsliga efterspelet till den mycket uppmärksammade olyckan - sin tids Titanic. Mattssons far var vid tiden för olyckan informationschef vid Svenska Amerika Linien. Britt-Marie Mattsson har träffat flera av de överlevande och intervjuat dem för denna bok. Hon har bland annat talat med vittnen som ger information som kan kasta nytt ljus över vad som egentligen orsakade den fruktansvärda kollisionen. Boken är rikligt illustrerad i svartvitt. | ||||||||
A book about the Kungsholm of 1953. |
Journalist Per Fält has recommended |
"Såna" på Amerikabåtarna SAL har skildrats i böcker, dokumentär-filmer, journalfilmer och tidningsartiklar. Oftast är det glamouren som uppmärk-sammats men en grupp har alltid saknats i beskrivningarna: homosexuella män. Såna på Amerikabåtarna är en välskriven, lättläst och underhållande studie av en värld som gått i glömska. | |||||||||
De Flytande Palatsen From the very inception of the line in 1915, the ships of the Line attracted much attention on both sidesof the Atlantic. Not only did they represent the bonds between the old country and the new, they also represented new concepts in service, decor, and furnishings as well as in art and handicraft. Published in 1987. This book can be found on Amazon.
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Huset Broström Huset Broström för tankarna till Forsythesagan och Onedinlinjen. Inget svenskt företag har upplevt så stor dramatik som just Broströms. Detta är den dramtiska berättelsen "inifrån Huset", om det som skedde i det som syntes ske. Utgiven 1980. | ||||||||||
Out of the Fog is an American edition of a Swedish book by Algot Mattsson, who was the information officer for SAL, the owner of Stockholm, the ship that collided with Andrea Doria in 1956. The book describes the collision from the perspectives of both ships as well as the heroic rescue of hundreds. Testimony given at the hearing is also included as is a legal opinion by the American editors, one of whom was directly involved with the case. |
Detta är en berättelse om den dramatiska färden över Atlanten, från de hårda och riskfyllda överfarten med små lastskutor i mitten av 1800-talet, till lyxresorna med Amerikalinjens sista skepp. Utgiven 1982 | ||||||||||