[Posters and ephemera related to ship and shipping. 1940-1969]

Includes:

1944:

I christen thee ... [Text of a launch speech]. SS New Zealand Victory; sponsor Mrs Walter Nash, launched March 20 1944

1950:

Hilda Wiseman. [Black and white photograph of an illuminated address to the Directors of the New Zealand Shipping Company Limited, March 1950. Provenance the Nash papers]

1951:

Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand Ltd. [Sheet on which are mounted three telegrams to Barbara Hill, a luggage label and a berthing slip, for a voyage on the Monowai leaving Auckland 27 December 1951]

1956:

I, Neptunus Rex, ruler of the Raging Main and of the Doldrums ... do hereby certify that the holder hass crossed the Equator ... SS 'Otranto', 9 March 1956 / [illustrated by] Lynton Lamb

1960s:

Shaw Savill Line. M.V. "Icenic", 11,240 tons [Photograph of the ship tied up at a wharf, with Morris Bros Four Square store in the foreground. 1960s]

1963:

Blue Star Line. Equatorial passport [with red seal and tasselled cord], made out to Stella Barker on board the 'Catalina Star', 28 April 1963.

1964:

Dalgety-NZL Travel Service. Aloft or afloat, No 8, August 1964 [Timetable of sailings to Europe, the USA, etc]

Quantity: 6 colour photo-mechanical print(s). 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).

Physical Description: Offset prints and photographs, sizes varying up to 500 mm.

Provenance: Purchased from a private vendor, 2009.