Name/Title
United Fruit Company Series- General FolderEntry/Object ID
K0001.152.01Scope and Content
This folder consists of nine items:
1. Great White Fleet California Golden Coast Cruises and Services to New York and New Orleans, Sailing Schedule, April, May, June, 1934: Single, folded bicolor page, dated 1934. Sailing dates, itineraries and rates of fare for trips aboard the line's reefer ships.
2. Great White Fleet, Sailing List No. 3, 1934 Proposed Sailings, July, August, September: Single, folded tricolor page. Dated 1934. Similar content to item #1 of this folder.
3. Three Spring Cruises to Mexico: Single, folded page. Undated, ca. 1930s. Itineraries, sailing dates, rates of fare and deck plans for each of three cruises to Mexico offered aboard reefer ships of the United Fruit Company.
4. Great White Fleet Cabin Plans, United Fruit Company Steamship Service: Multi-page stapled booklet, tricolor. Undated, ca. 1930s. Deck plans for the reefer vessels of the United Fruit Company's fleet. Featuring photos of accommodations and amenities.
5. Golden Caribbean and West Indies Cruises of the Great White Fleet: Multi-page stapled booklet. Undated, ca. 1930s. Photo viewbook of the vessels of the fleet, also depicting things of interest at ports of call. Features gold-foil art-deco style cover illustration of a vessel underway, depicted from an aerial perspective.
6. Talamanca, Segovia, Chiriqui Passenger Accommodations: Single, folded tissue-paper page. Hand notated as being from 1931. Deck plans for the vessels Talamanca, Segovia and Chiriqui.
7. Cruising the Caribbean with the Great White Fleet: Multi-page, color-illustrated stapled booklet. Undated, ca. 1930s. Pictorial overview of the cruise experience featuring fold-out deck plans.
8. Cabin Plan, SS Chiriqui, SS Jamaica: Single, folded chart-sized page. Undated, ca. 1930s. Deck plans for passenger-decks aboard the vessels SS Chiriqui and SS Jamaica.
9. Great White Fleet Winter Cruises From New Orleans 1939-40 to the Caribbean & West Indies, Effective Dec. 20, 1939 to Marc. 23, 1940: Single, folded bicolor page. Dated 1939. Itineraries, sailing dates, rates of fare and general information for cruises aboard the company's fleet of reefer ships. Features photos of ship's interiors and shipboard activities/services.Collection
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Date(s) of Creation
Jun 8, 2011