Season's Greetings card

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ProvenancePresumably created for sale to Manunda passengers.

For over 50 years from 1910 to the 1960s the Gulf Trip on Adelaide Steamship vessels was a unique way to see South Australia. Popular with honeymooners and notorious party ships for young men, the seven-day trip cost Â£6 in 1939. Ships like the â€˜Minnipaâ€™, â€˜Manundaâ€™, â€˜Moontaâ€™ and â€˜Morialtaâ€™ provided an opportunity for romance and gave many Australians the time of their lives. Luxury was also offered to passengers on the interstate trade.SignificanceAn example of a greeting card created for the Adelaide Steamship company.

In a decade which witnessed economic depression and world war, the Gulf Trip was South Australiaâ€™s affordable version of the modern cruise ship holiday; leisure on board the ships were a priority with organised deck games, music, sing-alongs, and writing rooms for sending postcards to loved ones. It also had a somewhat salacious reputation as a place where men and women could fraternise with relative ease. Gulf Trip vessels were stocked with a large range of souvenirs for sale to passengers to remember the cruise of a life time.DescriptionPrinted card from 'M.V. Manunda': 'THE SEASON'S GREETINGS', M.V. "Manunda", 1933 - 1934' in green writing, picture of white flag with blue cross and red star on front. Tied with yellow braid. Two printed Christmas/New Year messages inside, printed picture of 'M.V. Manunda' inside. Hand-addressed to "Dad and Mum, Nellie and Ray", from Charles S. Wynes. On cream-coloured card.Creator (person) Creator (organisation) Acknowledgement Date of Creationc. 1933Date of UsageLate 1933MaterialCard
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Accession NumberHT 1998.0391

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OrganisationThe Adelaide Steamship Company LtdCollectionSA Maritime Museum Collection

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