DESCRIPTION -- B/W photograph of the Cunard Line vessel The Queen Elizabeth. The photograph is taken from our collection of over 2000 shipping photographs and it is in a very good condition and is protected in a plastic wallet.
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CONDITION -- Excellent

HISTORY -- The RMS Queen Elizabeth was an ocean liner operated by the Cunard Line and was contracted to carry Royal Mail as the second half of a two-ship weekly express service between Southampton and New York City via Cherbourg.  At the time of construction in the mid-1930's by John Brown and Company in Clydebank, Scotland, she was known as Hull 552, but she was later named in honour of Queen Elizabeth, Queen Consort at the time of her launch on 27 September 1938, and in 1952 became the Queen Mother. 

NOTES -- Travellers in Time list many unusual items on the website and we can always be contacted at sales@travellersintime.net for all maritime enquiries.
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DESCRIPTION -- B/W photograph of the Esso Petroleum Company vessel 'The Esso Purfleet' and is dated as being taken in the 1960's. The photograph is taken from our collection of over 1000 shipping photographs and the size is 10" x 8" (25cm x 20cm).
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CONDITION -- Excellent

HISTORY -- Esso began life as the Anglo American Oil Company in 1888. It was the first foreign affiliate of John D Rockefeller's US company the Standard Oil Trust. It had a head office at Bishopsgate, London, and a depot at Purfleet in Essex. The depot stored paraffin being shipped from New York for use in lamps throughout England.

NOTES -- Many other different large size photographs are also available from Travellers in Time and are on the website so if you cannot find what you are looking for please contact us with your interest at sales@travellersintime.net
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MARITIME PHOTOGRAPH SELECTION
MANY RARE, OLD AND UNUSUAL TYPES
SOME LARGE AND OVERSIZE

DESCRIPTION -- A set of 4 large size full colour photographs of 4different vessels at sea which are in a fantastic condition and the size 9" x 6" (23cm x 15cm).
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CONDITION -- Excellent

HISTORY -- Maritime Photographs

NOTES -- 1000's of other maritime items are available to buy from the website so if you require more information contact us on sales@travellersintime.net.
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DESCRIPTION -- B/W photograph of the P&O-Orient Line vessel The Orcades. The photograph is taken from our collection of over 2000 shipping photographs and it is in a very good condition and protected in a plastic wallet.
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CONDITION -- Very Good

HISTORY -- RMS Orcades (later SS Orcades) was built Vickers-Armstrong Shipbuilding, in Barrow-in-Furness in Yard 950. She was launched on October 14, 1947 and completed November 14, 19 48. Orcades replaced her predecessor, Orcades II, which had sunk during the war when she was only five years old. Orcades, the first ship built for Orient Lines after the war, shared her hull with the Peninsular Lines Himalaya, but her superstructure was different with her having a new look with her bridge located amidships crowned with a tripod mast and a upright funnel sitting high directly aft of the mast.

NOTES -- If you cannot easily find the type of items you are looking for on the Travellers in Time website please contact us with your interest at sales@travellersintime.net
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DESCRIPTION -- B/W photograph of the P&O Line vessel The Otaio which is in an excellent condition.
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CONDITION -- Excellent

HISTORY -- The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, which is usually known as P&O, is a British shipping and logistics company which dated from the early 19th century. Following its sale in March 2006 to Dubai Ports World for 3.9 billion, it became a subsidiary of DP World; however, the P&O brand has been retained. The company was headquartered in London, in the United Kingdom; it was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

NOTES -- This postcard is taken from our collection of over 2000 shipping postcards and is protected in a plastic wallet. If there is a particular postcard of a vessel that you are looking for please let Travellers in Time know at sales@travellersintime.net
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MARITIME PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION
DIFFERENT CRUISE LINES AND SHIPPING COMPANIES

DESCRIPTION -- Postcard size colour photograph of the Bank Line vessel the Nessbank which is in an excellent condition.
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CONDITION -- Very Good

HISTORY -- The Bank Line was a British commercial shipping line that was established in 1905 by Andrew Weir. The company was sold to the Swire Group in 2003, eventually ceasing operations in 2009. Initially a tramp operator of sailing vessels, it developed into a major company operating shipping lines all over the world.

NOTES -- This photograph is taken from our collection of over 2000 shipping photographs and is protected in a plastic wallet. If there is a particular photograph of a vessel that you are looking for please let Travellers in Time know at sales@travellersintime.net.
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DESCRIPTION -- Colour photograph of the Esso tanker Company vessel the Esso Forth and is in an excellent condition.
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CONDITION -- Excellent

HISTORY -- Back in the 1950's and 1960's, the oil companies ruled the waves, or so it seemed, with oil majors Shell and Esso each controlling hundreds of deep sea tankers through their owned and chartered fleets. For a combination of economic and regulatory reasons, the big tanker fleets, many flagged in countries like the UK and Netherlands, moved into the hands of cost efficient third party managers, and independent owners.

NOTES -- Many other different kinds of photographs are also available from Travellers in Time and are on the website so if you cannot find what you are looking for please contact us with your interest at sales@travellersintime.net.
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