IMAGE
Union Steam Ship Company Ltd: "Awatea", 15,000 tons, 23 knots. [Matchbook]. Made in Australia by Bryant & May [ca 1936-1940]
- Date
- 1936 - 1940
- By
- Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand Ltd
- Reference
- Eph-A-SHIP-1936-03
- Description
Matchbook containing two matches inscribed "Union Line", shows two illustrative panels: Front shows an illustration of the green-hulled steamship "Awatea" (1936-1942) with a small tugboat at lower left. The back panel shows the red flag of the Union Line inside a white lifesaver.
The matchbook, beautifully coloured, probably dates from 1936-1940 when the ship was being used a a passenger ship, rather than from the time it was painted grey for use as a troop ship in the Second World War.
Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s).
Physical Description: Chromolithograph, on folded matchbook, 60 x 40 mm, containing striking strip and two matches
Provenance: Donated by Derek Leask, Wellington, in 2013.
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Part of
- [Ephemera of octavo size relating to ships and shipping companies, mainly on voyages to and around New Zealand. 1936]
- Format
- 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s), Ephemera, Chromolithographs, Packaging, Chromolithograph, on folded matchbook, 60 x 40 mm, containing striking strip and two matches, Orientation: Vertical image
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