Alcoa Steamship Company Folder 1 - Brochures and Passenger Information

Archive

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Maritime Museum of San Diego

Name/Title

Alcoa Steamship Company Folder 1 - Brochures and Passenger Information

Entry/Object ID

K0001.003.001

Scope and Content

This folder contains promtional brochures and informational texts intended for use by passengers during a cruise. The folder contains the following items: 1. Brochure titled Your Ship (1949) - contains information for passengers regarding shipboard life, as well as the activities of the Alcoa company and information on aluminum and bauxite mining. Includes photographs of interiors, deck activities and the Caribbean area. 2. Brochure titled Your Ship (1957) - as above. 3. Brochure titled What to Wear on Your Alcoa Caribbean Cruise (1957) - a wardrobe and sundry items checklist for passengers. 4. Promotional brochure titled To the Caribbean from New Orleans (1949) - part color. 5. Rates and Sailings for Spring/Summer/Fall cruises (1950) 6. Promotional brochure titled To the Caribbean from New Orleans (1955) - part color. 7. Rates and Sailings for the Winter season (1958-59) 8. Promotional brochure titled To the Caribbean from New Orleans (1960) - full color.

Collection

Kingsbury Maritime Ephemera Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Folder, File

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Container, Document

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Accessories

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

Search Terms

Alcoa Steamship Company, Alcoa, Advertising, Cruise Liners, Cruise Ships, Documentary Artifact, Passenger Liners, New Orleans, Caribbean, Passenger Information, Aluminium, Aluminum, Bauxite, Suriname, British Guiana, Dutch Guiana, Shipboard Life

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1949 - 1960