The Orient Line stand in the Melbourne Trade Fair, Australia

The Orient Line stand in the Melbourne Trade Fair, Australia. The photographer is looking down on the stand from an upper balcony. The centre part of the stand is based on the funnel and mast of an Orient Line passenger liner surmounting a map of the world which shows the Line's routes. A large coloured image of the liner Oriana (1960),which was under construction, is alongside the map. Above the map is the statement "The Orient Line route to Europe via Suez is fast and fabulous". A vertical format image. Transparencies numbers PCT683 to PCT690 were taken on the same day.

Object Details

ID: PCT686
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Date made: February 1959
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, P & O Collection
Measurements: Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm;Transparency: 40 mm x 35 mm
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