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Booklet - SS France, Compagnie Generale Transatlantique, circa 1960s-1970s
Reg. No: HT 7975
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- Summary:
- Book issued by Compagnie Generale Transatlantique, circa 1960s-1970s. It contains deck plans for the ship SS France. It is part of a collection of 175 items of post-war ship memorabilia collected by John McKay. John began collecting shipping brochures as a boy through an interest in travel and later used some of the material in his professional capacity as a Geography and Social Studies teacher. He finally made a voyage himself in 1957-1958, to England to attend a scouting jamboree, although he ended up staying for 18 months. He remembers lots of Australians going over at that time, and references to Earls Court as 'Kangaroo Alley'.
- Description:
- Sixteen page booklet. Booklet is folded thrice to be slim-line when not in use. It is printed on white, gloss paper with blue highlighting. Features black text, colour photographic images and aerial view illustrations of each deck. Cover is blue with blue and black text, it features an illustration of deckplans and a 'mast' of a ship, rendered in red and black.
- Acquisition Information:
- Donation from Mr John McKay, 2003
| Discipline: | Technology |
| Dimensions: | 0.5 cm (Height), 22.2 cm (Width), 10.4 cm (Length) |
More information
| Tagged with: | immigration, advertising, shipping lines, shipping, ship memorabilia, pamphlets |
| Themes this item is part of: | Transport Collection |
| Primary Classification: | WATER TRANSPORT |
| Secondary Classification: | Shipping Lines |
| Tertiary Classification: | (to be classified) |
| Inscriptions: | Cover: s/s FRANCE / PLAN D'EMMENAGEMENT - DECK PLAN / CLASSE TOURISTE / TOURIST CLASS / COMPAGNIE GENERALE / TRANSATLANTIQUE / French / Line |
| Author: | Compagnie Generale Transatlantique, France, circa 1960s-1970s |
| Place & Date Published: | France, circa 1960s-1970s |
| Ship Depicted: | SS France, circa 1960s-1970s |
| User: | Mr John McKay, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1960s-1970s Collected by John McKay |
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