Italian Line Series- General Folder #1

Archive

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Maritime Museum of San Diego

Name/Title

Italian Line Series- General Folder #1

Entry/Object ID

K0001.73.01

Scope and Content

This folder consists of six items: 1.To the Far Corners of the Globe with LLyod Triestino, Express Service from Italy to: India-Pakistan-Far East- Australia-South Africa: Multi-page stapled, bicolor booklet dated Aug. 1966. Provides a pictorial overview of the cruise experience. Brief descriptions of vessels Galileo, Marconi, Europa, Africa, Asia and Victoria provided. Title of booklet alludes to the merger of Lloyd Sabudo and Trieste's Cosulich Lines with Navigazione Generale di Italia (which formed the Italian Line). Booklet presents cruising as a quick and enjoyable form of intercontinental transportation. 2.Lloyd Sabudo: Multi-page stapled booklet. Color illustrations, printed 1927. Booklet intersperses photos of ship interiors with illustrations of and information about ports in Italy. Very detailed information provided about the namesakes of the vessels Conte Biancamano, Conte Grande, Conte Verde and Conte Rosso, (all Contes di Savoy). Very history-centric tone to text throughout. Luxury of the vessels themselves stressed over the luxury of the cruise experience. 3.Round the World-Italia, Cosulich, Lloyd Triestino: Multi-page, stapled, color-cover booklet. Booklet provides full-page spreads of port-information and photos of things/people/places of interests at ports of call. Booklet details suggested itineraries which require use of other cruise lines and/or rail lines, (besides the Italian Line.) Booklet cover is tattered and covered with fingerprints. 4.The Lloyd Sabudo Express de Luxe Service New-York Mediterranean: Multi-page stapled, color illustration booklet. Kinsbury has hand notated "1929" on cover. Elegant booklet intersperses photos of ship interiors with illustrations of italian ports. Brief section at back of booklet provides information on the actual cruise experience and the vessels SS Conte Grande and SS Conte Biancamano, which shows that cruising was primarly a mode of intercontinental transportation, not a luxurious pastime. 5. SS Raffaello, SS Michelangelo Western Hemisphere Cruises Deck Plans, Deck Plans, Western Hemisphere Cuises SS Leonardo Da Vinci: Single, folded chart size page dated 1967. Deck plans for vessels SS Raffaello, Michelangelo and Leonardo Da Vinci. 6. See Half the World in One Ship From the Mediterranean to the North Pacific, MVs Alessandro Volta, Galileo Farraris, Antonio Pacinotti: Single, folded color page, dated 1957. Provides basic information about transatlantic cruises from Italian ports to Western US ports via the Panama Canal. Small deck plan and photos of accommodations provided. Information about ships' namesakes given. Motor-vessels named after Volta, Galileo and Pacinotti, all engineers or scientists.

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