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A very comprehensive archive of a summer 1936 North Cape-Russia Cruise on the SS Rotterdam. The two items from the USSR shore excursion are especially notable. Included are the following:
1. Brochure,North Cape-Russia Cruise, 40 pages, color cover, mild toning and tiny scratches(see photo)
2. Mapof cruise, folded twice, 28 x 19 inches, minor losses at vertical fold
3. 14numbers of The Arctic Mercury,shipboard newsletter, covering whole voyage, 30 June 1936 – 2 August; allnumbers have toning and mild edge wear; nos. 7 through 10 have 2-inch closedtear; no. 14 has significant edge chipping
4. 12Standard Group Program and Optional Trip brochures, from Hammerfest, 10 July1936 to Leith-Edinburgh, 3 August 1936, all previously folded, 2 with neathand-written time changes noted, 1 with spot (Bergen - see photo)
5. 12,5 x 7 inch, black & white photos of stops on the voyage: Three Smithsstatue, Helsinki; 2 of Hammerfest; 2 of Lyngseidet; 7 unidentified
6. Concertprogram in Russian
7. LeningradIntourist concert program, 27 July 1936, three folds
8. Foldingmap of Iceland
9. Foldingmap of Finland
10. Foldingmap of Helsinki
11. Foldingmap of Norway
12. Foldingmap of Sweden
13. Mapof Gotland on card stock, previously folded
14. Swedentourist brochure (black & white)
15. Norwaytourist brochure, 24 pages with fold-out map (black & white with colorcover)
16. Norwaytrain sightseeing brochure, 4 pages
17. “TheAlthing, Iceland’s Thousand Year Old Parliament,” 14 pages, previously foldedin half
18. Luggagesticker, Grand Hotel, Stockholm
19. Hoifjellshotellluggage sticker, Gudbrandsdal, Norway
I\'ve rarely seen a comparable collection. I\'ve been careful in my descriptions. Please get in touch if you would like to see additional scans of any item.
