Brochures, dinner menus and other ephemera for your fantasy cruise to anywhere. 1930’s and 1940’s. American. Archives of the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Advertisement for new service from the Pacific Northwest to Hawaii on the Matson Line's S. S. Wilhelmina.
Advertisement for new service from the Pacific Northwest to Hawaii on the Matson Line’s S. S. Wilhelmina. 1929. Image © Huntington Library, San Marino. Fair use license. via https://hdl.huntington.org/digital/collection/p9539coll1/id/20736/rec/12
Front cover, 1937 room plan brochure for the S. S. Monterey and S. S. Mariposa.
Room plan brochure for the Matson Navigation Company’s ships S. S. Monterey and S. S. Mariposa. 1937. Image © Huntington Library, San Marino. Fair use license. via https://hdl.huntington.org/digital/collection/p9539coll1/id/19199/rec/17
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Novelty list of cabin class passengers and officers sailing from Honolulu to Los Angeles onboard the Matson Company’s S. S. Lurline, July 14, 1948. Image © Huntington Library, San Marino. Fair use license. via https://hdl.huntington.org/digital/collection/p9539coll1/id/19206/rec/29
"Diner D'Adieu." Shipboard dinner menu.
Diner D’Adieu. Shipboard dinner menu for the “Voyage 117 en route: Honolulu to Los Angeles Thursday, June 6, 1932.”1932. Times-Mirror Printing & Binding House, Los Angeles, printer. Image © Huntington Library, San Marino. Fair use license. via https://hdl.huntington.org/digital/collection/p9539coll1/id/13438/rec/4
Shipboard wine and dinner menu for Thursday East, March 10, 1939.
Shipboard wine and dinner menu for Thursday East, March 10, 1939 on a Matson Navigation Company cruise ship. Image © Huntington Library, San Marino. Fair use license. via https://hdl.huntington.org/digital/collection/p9539coll1/id/19971/rec/21

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