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1958 vintage ITALY TRAVEL SCRAPBOOK menu photo pc Frank NAVARRO QUEEN FREDERICA
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ALBUM BELONGING TO MR AND MRS FRANK NAVARRO
Offered here is a 1958 vintage Italytravel scrapbook album, measuring approximately 9.5 x 12 inches, documenting a mid-century European cruise and land tour with a strong emphasis on Italy tourism. The album contains original black-and-white travel photographs, postcards, maps, and cruise ephemera, all mounted on heavy scrapbook pages.
The trip is clearly associated with the National Hellenic American Line ocean liner QUEEN FREDERICA. Included is a ship-issued passenger identification card naming the original owners as Mr. & Mrs. Frank NAVARRO, cabin R-18, firmly tying the scrapbook and its contents to a documented 1958 Mediterranean cruise voyage.
CONTENTS INCLUDE:
Numerous original 1958 travel photographs showing Italian street scenes, architecture, ruins, ports, towns, and daily life
Five (5) original QUEEN FREDERICA ship MENUS, several with illustrated / art covers
Neapel Stadtplan (Naples city plan / map)
Italian postcards featuring Rome, Venice, Pompeii, Monreale, and Lago Maggiore / Isola Bella
Additional period European travel souvenirs mounted throughout
NOTABLE IMAGE:
One original traveler photograph depicting Pope Pius XII delivering a public papal blessing, likely photographed during a 1958 Vatican or Castel Gandolfo appearance, adding a significant Vatican, Catholic, and religious-history component to the album
CONDITION:
Typical vintage scrapbook wear including edge wear, page toning, adhesive residue, and occasional staining consistent with age and travel use. Contents remain intact and visually engaging. Please review all images carefully for condition and completeness.
This is a well-documented 1958 Italy cruise and travel archive, appealing to collectors of ocean liner history, National Hellenic American Line, Queen Frederica, mid-century European travel, Italy tourism, Vatican imagery, Catholic history, and vintage scrapbooks.
1958 italy travel scrapbook album european cruise mediterranean voyage national hellenic american line queen frederica ocean liner passenger ephemera ship menus illustrated menus art cover menus naples map neapel stadtplan italy postcards rome venice pompeii monreale lago maggiore isola bella vatican travel pope pius xii papal blessing catholic italy tourism mid century travel photographs original tourist photos named passenger frank navarro cruise memorabilia ocean liner history vintage travel archive
Authentic period piece related to family, historyor local heritage - well-suited for historical collections, genealogical /genealogy research, or museum acquisition.Vintage or Antique.
CONDITION: Photos and other are separating from the glue pages easily. Showing brown on backs from the type of glue. See listing description and photos.
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