Various: pre-war - 1940 United Fruit Company fleet brochure w/ deck plans North German Lloyd It didn't work

It didn't work

Sprinkled throughout the pages are images of historic Union-Castle mail ships

Coast Guard

Safmarine: A circa 1961

this time as the popular BRITANIS

Various: pre-war - 1940 United Fruit Company fleet brochure w/ deck plans North German Lloyd It didn't workUnited Fruit Company: A fold out brochure (22. 5" by 40") for United Fruit's 1940 Caribbean and West Indies voyages on their "Mail Boats" of the early 1930s. The emphasis is on "It's Travel America Year", meaning passengers did not have to face the perils of the war in Europe. "The peaceful ports of the Caribbean," explained United Fruit, "more glamorous than ever today to those who want a restful sea trip are being served by the Great White Fleet