North Africa Cruise Album, 1912

Summary

Extent:

.2 linear feet (1 half-size box)

Language:

English.

Background

Scope and content:

An album compiled by a British couple, with photos, postcard views, and clippings from brochures for a 25-day trip on the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's Morocco Route, aboard the R.M.S.P. Arzila, Aug. 1912, to Gibraltar, Morocco (Tangier, Larache, Rabat, Casablanca, Mazagan, Saffi, Mogador), Canary Islands (Las Palmas and Teneriffe), and Madeira. Approximately 50 mounted amateur photos and about 50 trimmed and mounted postcards (many colored). Printed text describing the places visited and other information about the trip also mounted in the album. Some photos were taken from or on the ship; the rest were taken on shore, some in each location visited. Includes a number of street scenes. Bernath Mss 39.

Acquisition information:

Purchase, 2003.

Physical location:

Del Sur

Location of this collection:

UC Santa Barbara, Special Research Collections

UC Santa Barbara Library

Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US

Contact:

(805) 893-3062

special@library.ucsb.edu

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