Season's Greetings card

Details

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 £6 in 1939. Ships like the ‘Minnipa’, ‘Manunda’, ‘Moonta’ and ‘Morialta’ 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 Australia’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
|braid
Accession NumberHT 1998.0391

Connections

OrganisationThe Adelaide Steamship Company LtdCollectionSA Maritime Museum Collection

Image Credits

Image FilenameHT1998-0391_CI456.jpgCopyrightNo known copyright restrictionsUsage RestrictionsPublish with statement addressing copyright as per procedures.

Image Credits

Image FilenameHT1998-0391_CI454.jpgCopyrightNo known copyright restrictionsUsage RestrictionsPublish with statement addressing copyright as per procedures.

Image Credits

Image FilenameHT1998-0391_CI408.jpgCopyrightNo known copyright restrictionsUsage RestrictionsPublish with statement addressing copyright as per procedures.

OCR Text Transcription Edit Edit +-Close

Editing is temporarily disabled

Cancel Edit