Name/Title
Matson Line Series-SS LurlineEntry/Object ID
K0001.89.04Scope and Content
This folder consists of fifteen items:
1. "The Weichel Bill": Seven pages torn from May 1948 edition of the Pacific Marine Review. Article actually torn out is "The New Lurline", so the "Weichel Bill" article is actualy just the obverse of the first page of the "New Lurline" article which starts on a Left-hand page. Articles about the launch of the Lurline. features information about cruises offered, accommodations and ammenities and the technology of the new ship.
2. SS Lurline, Matson Lines to Hawaii: Single, folded, color page. Brochure, dated March 1960. Colorful pictorial brochure showcasing the cruising lifestyle aboard the Lurline. Features individual stateroom plans with photos depicting appointments.
3. SS Lurline Super Four-Island Hawaiian Cruises, Matson Air-Sea Tours 10-15 Days, Four Islands, Five Ports: Multi-page stapled and folded color brochure, dated August 1969. Provides sailing dates, rates of fare, itineraries and general information for 10-20 day Hawaiian cruises aboard the SS Lurline. Many, small, color photos feature ports and passengers.
4. Hawaii Sailings and Fares, SS Lurline: Single, folded, bicolor page. Dated Sept. 1968. Rates of fare, sailing dates, itineraries and cruise-type-profiles provided. Cover features graphic of tiki torch.
5. Cruise in Low-Cost Luxury, Cabin Class on the SS Lurline: Single, folded, color page. Brochure, dated Oct. 1948. Features large, color photos of ship interiors, and passengers aboard.
6. Room Plan, Issued February 1, 1948, SS Lurline, Matson to Hawaii: Single, folded chart-sized page. Dated 1948. Deck plans for the SS Lurline
7.Room Plan, SS Lurline to Hawaii: Single, folded, chart-sized page. Dated 1956. Deck plans for the SS Lurline, featuring small black and white photos of accommodations and amenities.
8. Room Plan, SS Lurline, Matson to Hawaii: Single, folded, chart-sized page. Dated July, 1951. Deck plans for the SS Lurline.
9.Room Plan, SS Lurline Matson Line to Hawaii, New Zealand, Australia, via Samoa-Fiji: Single, folded, chart-sized, tissue-paper page. Deckplans for the SS Lurline dated May, 1939.
10. SS Lurline To and From Hawaii, Accommodations and Facilites: Multi-page stapled and folded booklet, dated April, 1967. Features large, color photos of accommodations and amenities and deck plans.
11. Matson, SS Lurline Deck Plan: Single, folded page. Dated June, 1969. Simple, color-coded deckplans for the SS Lurline
12. Matson Lines SS Lurline: Single piece of paper folded into three. Undated. Deck plans for SS Lurline.
13. SS Lurline, the Route Supreme to Hawaii: Folder. Cover features hand-decorated print clipped from Lurline Brochure, and features Mr. Kingsbury's personal address stamp. May 1949 Copy of Pacific Marine Review is stapled and rubber cemented into the back cover of the folder. Mr. Kingsbury has affixed his label/stamp to the cover of the magazine and noted that this is the "SS Lurline edition". Magazine discusses the post-war refitting and relaunch of the SS Lurline.
14. Matson 1961 Pacific Paradise Cruise, January 4 to February 1: Single, color page, folded. Dated 1960. Provides general information about a month-long special cruise aboard SS Lurline to ports in Mexico, Tahiti and Hawaii. Provides many color photos of accommodations and amenities, and deck plans.
15. SS Lurline South Seas and Oriental Cruise 1934: Single, tricolor page. "Decreasing accordion" folded. Dated 1934. Preliminary, general announcement for an extended Pacific Islands and Asian cruise. Provides maps, rates of fare, itinerary and general information.Collection
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Date(s) of Creation
Mar 31, 2011