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Photograph Album of a Cruise to the Caribbean, Central, and South America

 Collection
Identifier: MS 00282

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  • No requestable containers

Scope and Contents

Photograph Album containing 191 black and white photographs of a trip taken by Mr. and Mrs. Lewis S. Porter. Their trip was on board the M.V. Georgic run by the Cunard White Star Line from New York. The trip visited ports in St. Thomas, St. Pierre, Martinique, Trinidad, Port of Spain, Grenada, Caracas, Curacao, Cartagena, Columbia, Panama, the Panama Canal, Jamaica, and Havana. Pictures show the Porter's on board the vessel, at dinner, on the "sport" deck, and on excursions. There are multiple pictures of natives of the various areas they visited, home, street views, markets, and diving boys, which seemed to be a big attraction at many ports.

Dates

  • Creation: 1939

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Conditions Governing Use

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Extent

1.4 Linear Feet

Language

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased in 2019 with monies from the Judge H. Lester Hooker Fund.

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Photograph Album of a Cruise to the Caribbean, Central, and South America
Author
Christina R. Luers, CA
Date
2019-03-01
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository

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