Resorts at Sea: February

Kudos to the fine folks at the San Francisco Public Library for funding the project that digitized back issues of the Pacific Marine Review. I've seen the journal referenced, but the thought of actually tracking down copies (in the Midwest) was not a pleasant one. Gathered by year, the resulting PDF is anywhere from 500 to over 1,000 pages. (Yikes.)

I've only downloaded six years so far. There's some overlap with what I already have, which is to be expected, but I am discovering new information, and pictures galore! Since several of the ships I'm studying were with companies on the West Coast, the coverage takes on a different perspective than in East Coast or European publications.

Yes, I know the image shown is from February 1933, before the range of study, but it would be lax to not set the stage leading to the advent of American Contemporary, or Mid-Century Modern. And, the Matson liners, like the one shown, underwent huge renovations after World War II, negating in part my post from last month. Whoops.

Better get back to downloading; I've about 20 years left.