Tag: Matson Cruise Lines

Off to Hawaii. Imagery from Matson Lines, from their pamplets listing 1936 and 1938 travel offerings. They cruised back and forth to Hawaii and also sailed for Fiji and Samoa.

Hawaii – Samoa – Fiji – New Zealand – Australia; Matson Travel Offerings, Winter Season 1936. American. Front cover. Printed in San Francisco, California. Image © Matson Navigation Lines. Kemble Maritime Ephemera Collection. Prints and Ephemera, Huntington Digital Library. https://hdl.huntington.org/digital/collection/p9539coll1/id/15089/rec/25
Today’s Travel. American. Page 1 (cropped). Printed in San Francisco, California. Taken from Matson Travel Offerings, Winter Season 1936. Image © Matson Navigation Lines. Kemble Maritime Ephemera Collection. Prints and Ephemera, Huntington Digital Library. https://hdl.huntington.org/digital/collection/p9539coll1/id/15090/rec/25
Hawaii; Smiles and flower leis are Hawaii’s language of welcome. Page 7 from a pamphlet listing Matson Navigation Company’s travel offerings for the 1938 Winter Season. American. Printed in San Francisco, California. Image © Matson Navigation Lines. Kemble Maritime Ephemera Collection. Prints and Ephemera, Huntington Digital Library. https://hdl.huntington.org/digital/collection/p9539coll1/id/15184/rec/9
Hawaii – Samoa – Fiji – New Zealand – Australia; Matson Travel Offerings, Summer 1938. American. Front cover. Printed in San Francisco, California. Image © Matson Navigation Lines. Kemble Maritime Ephemera Collection. Prints and Ephemera, Huntington Digital Library. https://hdl.huntington.org/digital/collection/p9539coll1/id/15131/rec/32
Hawaii – South Seas; Some magic in the air of Hawaii weaves a spell of perfect ease and happiness. Page 1 from a pamphlet listing Matson Navigation Company’s travel offerings for the 1938 Summer Season. American. Printed in San Francisco, California. Image © Matson Navigation Lines. Kemble Maritime Ephemera Collection. Prints and Ephemera, Huntington Digital Library. https://hdl.huntington.org/digital/collection/p9539coll1/id/15132/rec/32
Your ship defines glamour. Page 3 (left) from a pamphlet listing Matson Navigation Company’s travel offerings for the 1938 Summer Season. American. Printed in San Francisco, California. Image © Matson Navigation Lines. Kemble Maritime Ephemera Collection. Prints and Ephemera, Huntington Digital Library. https://hdl.huntington.org/digital/collection/p9539coll1/id/15132/rec/32
S.S. Lurline – S. S. Mariposa – S. S. Monterey – S. S. Matsonia. Page 3 (right) from a pamphlet listing Matson Navigation Company’s travel offerings for the 1938 Summer Season. American. Printed in San Francisco, California. Image © Matson Navigation Lines. Kemble Maritime Ephemera Collection. Prints and Ephemera, Huntington Digital Library. https://hdl.huntington.org/digital/collection/p9539coll1/id/15132/rec/32
Page 4 (cropped detail) from a pamphlet listing Matson Navigation Company’s travel offerings for the 1938 Summer Season. American. Printed in San Francisco, California. Image © Matson Navigation Lines. Kemble Maritime Ephemera Collection. Prints and Ephemera, Huntington Digital Library. https://hdl.huntington.org/digital/collection/p9539coll1/id/15132/rec/32