A photograph album with grey board covers, containing 36 black and white prints (circa 292mm x 232mm) by Stewart Bale, 53 Lord Street, Liverpool, mounted one to a page. There are printed caption labels. Inscribed in gilt letters on the upper cover is "P&O S.S. 'CATHAY' 15,000 tons gross Australia Mail & Passenger Service".
The album includes the following:
Cathay (1925)
Chitral (1925)
Comorin (1925)
Interiors and deck views, although individual photographs are not identifiable as to which ship is represented