Ad, Newspaper

Archive

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Havre de Grace Maritime Museum

Name/Title

Ad, Newspaper

Entry/Object ID

2004.06.07.18

Scope and Content

cut out of a newpaper article from the Baltimore sun has a photograph above the text of the Arpege suspended in air over the water Plastic Ship has Perfumed Launching by Robert G. Breen -termed the worlds largest plastic boat and the frist of its design. -over 200 people came to see the launching -Arpege was loaded on a truck and shiped to the harbor for its Christening -tooks a bottle of champange breaking it against the prow and breaking a 16 ounce bottle of Arpege perfume against the hull -the reason for the name Arpege: he met another french man named Edouard L.Cournand who explained "perfumes are my business, bu plastics are my folie." -Since Edouard L. Cournand was the frist to come forward with financial aid to Jean Filloux he named his craft after the perfume:Arpege -work on the Arpege finally started on May 1954

Collection

Arpege Collection

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1950 - 1958

Condition

Overall Condition

Excellent

Date Examined

Nov 6, 2006

Examined By

Keira Gruber

Notes

nothing wrong can be seen