In the first class library and writing room on the promenade deck on board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Chusan (1950).
In the first class library and writing room on the promenade deck on board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Chusan (1950). The photographer is looking aft and to starboard showing a number of passengers in the room. On the aft bulkhead are two 3-bay bookcases separated by a cupboard with a clock above it and the clock is reading 12.44. Above the bookcase is the Latin inscription "Vita sine litteris mors est" which translates as "Life without literature is death".
Object Details
| ID: | P62603CT |
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| Type: | Colour transparency |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Sound Stills Ltd |
| Vessels: | Chusan (1950) |
| Date made: | May 1968 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, P & O Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 100 mm x 125 mm |