Home Lines Series: MS Italia

Archive

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Maritime Museum of San Diego

Name/Title

Home Lines Series: MS Italia

Entry/Object ID

K0001.69.06

Scope and Content

This folder consists of eleven items: 1.MS Italia, Home Lines to Europe Via the Mediterranean: Multi-page stapled booklet. Color Illustrations, dated 1949. Features watercolor-style color illustrations which depcit shipboard life. Booklet emphasizes the individual's experience of cruising, and the grandeur of the ship itself. 2. MS Italia Cruise Accommodation Plan, Sun-Way Cruises to Nassau in the Bahamas: Single, tricolor folded page. Dated 1960. Deck plans for the vessel MS Italia. 3.TSMV Italia, Passenger Accommodation Plan: Single folded part-color tissue-page, dated May, 1949. Deck plans for the vessel. 4.MS Italia 16-Day Sun-Way West Indies Cruise frm New York, February 6, 1958, Revised Accommodation Plan and Schedule of Rates, Showing New Stateroom Numbers and New Rooms With Facilities and other New Arrangements: Single, black and white folded page, dated Dec. 1957. Deck/Cabin plans. Perhaps changes reflect renovations to the vessel. 5.Sun-Way Cruises, MS Italia, Hostess of the Caribbean: Single folded page. Color, undated but ca. mid 1950s. Simple general brochure features photographic overview of the cruising lifestyle. 6. MS Italia Cruise Accommodation Plan, Completely Air-Conditioned for Cruising the Caribbean: Single, folded page, black and white, undated ca. 1957. Deck plans for the vessel. 7.MS Italia Accommodation Plan, Trans-Atlantic Service: Single folded page. Tricolor, dated May 1961. Deck plans for MS Italia. 8. 7 Day Sun-Way Cruises to Nassau in the Bahamas in the Luxurious Air Conditioned MS Italia: Single page, folded. Color brochure dated 1963. Provides dates of sailing, rates of fare, general information and deck plans for cruises aboard the Italia for the 1963-1964 cruising season. Color photos depict shipboard life. 9.West Indies Cruises, 1949-1950: Single page, folded color booklet. Contains information about/photos of West-Indian ports of call, and provides photos and illustrations of shipboard life. Cover features a folksy-looking couple posed by a ship's funnel in front of an illustration of what appears to be Havana. Text describes the SS Kungsholm's conversion into the modern and luxurious MS Italia. 10.Home Lines, SS Atlantic: Multi-page stapled booklet. Undated, but nearly exact duplicate of item #1 of this folder. Cover of booklet features wrong vessel, as all of the text inside describes the MS Italia. 11. New York-Mediterranean, SS Atlantic, MS Italia: Multi-page stapled color-illustrated booklet. Undated, but nearly exact duplicate of items #1 and #10 of this folder.

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

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

Mar 31, 2011