Name/Title
P&O Lines Series- SS Canberra #2Entry/Object ID
K0001.115.06Scope and Content
This folder consists of fourteen items:
1. Untitled: Multiple pages, torn from Posh periodical, (Fall 1962 Issue). Features articles about the Canberra's visit to New York City.
2. "Posh": Single page torn from Posh periodical. Undated. Obverse features the legend that P&O lines coined the term "posh". Reverse features an illustration of a vessel with sails, steam funnels and paddle wheels.
3. General Arrangement of the "Canberra": (Folder) Folder compiled by Com. Kinsbury, (bears his address label). Includes cello-taped fold-out deck plans for the vessel Canberra.
4. SS Canberra: (Handmade Book) Hand-compiled and stapled booklet bearing a hand made fold-out of the vessel's deck plans. Decorated with two photos of the vessel underway clipped from brochures.
5. SS Canberra First Class: Single, bicolor, chart-sized page. Undated, ca. post 1961. Deck plans for first class accommodations aboard the vessel SS Canberra.
6. Canberra, Fully Air-Conditioned and Stabilized, Tourist Class: Single page, bicolor. Undated, ca. 1960s. Features photos of tourist passenger class accommodations and amenities aboard the vessel Canberra.
7. Menu: Single page, folded. Cardstock. Sat. 22nd July, 1961. Sample menu for dinner aboard.
8. Breakfast: Single cardstock page. Dated Sun. 23rd July, 1961. Sample menu for breakfast aboard.
9. Luncheon: Single cardstock page. Dated, Wednesday, 21st June 1961. Sample menu for luncheon aboard.
10. Tourist Class Deck Plan, Canberra: Single, folded page. Dated May 1967. Deck plans for the vessel Canberra.
11. Run Away to Sea-- On P&O Orient Lines, New "Canberra": Single, folded, color-cover page. Undated, ca. 1960s. Provides information about the services and activities available to first and tourist class passengers aboard the SS Canberra.
12. Run Away to Sea on P&O Orient Lines: Single page folded, color -cover. Undated, a. 1960s. Contains color illustrations of vessel underway and passengers engaged in shipboard activities.
13. Canberra, Maiden Voyage, Depart Southampton June, 2, Naples June 6, San Francisco July 20: Single page, folded brochure, dated Feb. 1961. Information about the maiden voyage of the Canberra.
14. SS Canberra, First Class, August 1963: Single, folded, chart-sized page. Dated 1963. Deck plans for the vessel SS Canberra.Collection
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Date(s) of Creation
May 31, 2011