Summary

Book issued by the United States Line, circa 1950s. It contains deck plans for the ship SS America. It is part of a collection of 175 items of post-war ship memorabilia collected by John McKay. John began collecting shipping brochures as a boy through an interest in travel and later used some of the material in his professional capacity as a Geography and Social Studies teacher. He finally made a voyage himself in 1957-1958, to England to attend a scouting jamboree, although he ended up staying for 18 months. He remembers lots of Australians going over at that time, and references to Earls Court as 'Kangaroo Alley'.

Physical Description

Eight page booklet, folded twice. Printed on white paper. Document features colour, photographic images, colour, graphic illustrations of deck plans and descriptive text. The cover (when leaflet folded) features part of an illustration of the 'A' deck, and red text.

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