"Mauretania" : launch at the yard of Cammell Laird & Co. limited, Birkenhead, Thursday, July 28, 1938 : naming ceremony performed by Lady Bates.
Published / Created:
[London?] : Cunard White Star, [1938]
Physical Description:
[14] leaves : chiefly ill. ports. ; 34 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsVM383.M3 C43 1938+ OversizeYale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Text by E. Keble Chatterton.Photographs of the ship by Stewart Bale and Fox Photos.With portrait photographs of Lady Bates, Sir Percy E. Bates, W.L. Hichens, and Robert S. Johnson by Dorothy Wilding, Marlborough Studios, Lafayette.BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's original purple and silver wrappers, with embossed title and silk cord.Promotional publication by Cunard White Star for the launch of the "Mauretania."
Subject Terms:
Mauretania (Ship) | Cunard White Star, ltd. | Bates, Percy Elly, Sir, 1879–1946 -- Portraits. | Bates, Mary Ann, Lady, 1880–1973 -- Portraits. | Passenger ships -- Great Britain. | Shipbuilding -- Great Britain. | Ocean travel. | Souvenirs (Keepsakes) | Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 20th century. | Cunard White Star -- Publisher.
Form/Genre:
Advertisements -- Great Britain -- 1938. | Photomechanical prints -- 1938.