Summary

Brochure issued by the Cunard Line, in 1968. It documents life aboard the ship Queen Elizabeth 2. 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

24 Page brochure, stapled on left hand side. The front cover depicts a colour photographic image of QE2 anchored at sea, with the name of the ship, in white, in the bottom left corner of the page. The back cover also shows a colour photograph of the QEZ at sea but from a different perspective. The information contained inside the brochure includes cruise programme, deck plans, details of room types and other facilities available on the ship. The information provided is a combination of text, artistic illustrations and colour photographic images.

More Information