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Caribbean Alcoa Steamship Company SS Alcoa Cavalier
£1,450.00
Original vintage cruise ship travel poster issued by the Alcoa Steamship Company - To The Caribbean - featuring colourful artwork by Frederick J. Hoertz (1889-1978) depicting a man wearing a sun hat standing next to wooden barrels on a harbour pier with the Alcoa Cavalier steamship moored to the dock on the calm reflective sea in front of a sailing boat and hills in the distance, the stylised red and yellow lettering against the blue sky above and the company text and flag logo in the border below. The Alcoa Steamship Company operated passenger services under the US flag from 1940-1969, as a subsidiary of the Aluminum Company of America; the SS Alcoa Cavalier was one of three sister Victory ships servicing the New Orleans to the Caribbean and South America routes (1947-1960). Good condition, restored folds, backed on linen.
- Country
- USA
- Year
- 1950
- Style
- Travel Posters
- Artist
- Frederick J. Hoertz
- Size (cm)
- 106x69