Italian Line Series- SS Cristoforo Colombo

Archive

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Maritime Museum of San Diego

Name/Title

Italian Line Series- SS Cristoforo Colombo

Entry/Object ID

K0001.73.09

Scope and Content

This folder consists of ten items: 1. Italian Line Turbonave Cristoforo Colombo, Piano delle Sistemazioni Passeggeri: Single, chart-sized page dated April 1954. Deck plans for the vessel SS Cristoforo Colombo. 2. Cristoforo Colombo: Multi-page, part color stapled booklet dated Aug. 1959. Features color and black and white photos of ship's accommodations and amenities. Some photos feature passengers aboard. Pictorial overview of the cruising lifestyle. 3.Cristoforo Colombo: Single page, folded, part-color brochure dated Dec. 1954. Nearly the same content as item #2 of this folder. 4. Italia Soc. Di Navigazione-Genoa- Cristoforo Colombo- Italian Line: Single, folded, part-color page. Undated, ca early 1954. Simple brochure featuring photos of the ship's amenities and illustrations of shipboard activities and life aboard. Centerfold features illustration of the ship with text detailing specifications of the vessel. Cover features photo of bas-relief medallion featuring Christopher Columbus, in line with the Italian Line's emphasis on naming vessels after, and allying itself with, widely-known historic figures hailing from Italy. 5. Turbonave Cristoforo Colombo, Piano Sistemazioni: Single, folded, chart-sized page, dated May 1961. Deck plans for the Cristoforo Colombo. Features some small black and white photos of ship interiors. 6.Cristoforo Colombo, North America-Mediterranean: Single, folded page brochure. Color. Dated Dec. 1966. Features numerous, small, color photos of passengers engaged in shipboard activities. Also features photos of amenities and accommodations. Brief, pictorial, informational brochure. No actual cruise-specifics detailed. Most photos feature sunbathing, which seems to be in use as a new advertising-focus appealing to women. 7. Italy's new Cristoforo Colombo: Single page torn from a publication which is dated July 25, 1954. Informational, press-release style article detailing the launch of the new Cristoforo Colombo. Features photos of the ship underway and at dock with ill-fated sistership, Andrea Doria. 8. C. Colombo, First Class and Cabin Class Passenger Accommodations: Black and white, (with color cover) multi-page stapled and folded brochure, undated, but ca. 1954. Deck plans for first and cabin passenger-class accommodations aboard the Cristoforo Colombo. 9. C. Colombo, Sistemazioni Passeggeri: Tricolor, multi-page stapled and folded brochure. Undated, ca. 1954. Deck plans for the Cristoforo Colombo. Small photos of New York and Genoa featured, as part of a larger illustrated graphic detailing ports of departure and arrival. 10. The Newest of the New: Single, folded place-mat type page. Tricolor. Dated June 1945. Seems to be a triptych-folded placemat which, when opened, reveals a large illustration of the Cristoforo Colombo underway. Folded mat features an illustration of an Italian Line ship's funnel flanked by laurel leaves.

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