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Title(s):
Cunard White Star launch of the "Queen Elizabeth" : in the presence of Their Majesties The King & Queen at the yard of John Brown & Co., Ltd., Clydebank, Tuesday, September 27, 1938 : naming ceremony performed by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth.
Additional Title(s):
Queen Elizabeth
Published/Created:
[Clydebank, Scotland] : [Cunard White Star], [1938]
Physical Description:
[32] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 34 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
VM383.Q8 C86 1938+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund
[Request]
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Cover title: Queen Elizabeth.
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in original gilt decorated paper sewn with red silk ribbon. Covers decorated in gilt red and black.
Promotional publication for Cunard Ocean Liners. Contains the Queen's speech along with photos of her, the King, and Cunard Line officials (by Dorothy Wilding), and numerous photographs of the ship's construction (by Stewart Bale).
Subject Terms:
Cunard White Star Line -- Publisher.
Cunard White Star, ltd.
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Ocean travel.
Passenger ships -- Great Britain.
Queen Elizabeth (Ship)
Shipbuilding -- Great Britain.
Steamboat lines -- Great Britain.
Form/Genre:
Programs.
Photomechanical prints -- 1938.
Contributors:
Cunard White Star, ltd.
Bone, Muirhead, Sir, 1876–1953.
Mason, Frank H. (Frank Henry), 1876–1965.
Wilding, Dorothy, 1893–1976, photographer.
Bale, Stewart, photographer.
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