{"product_id":"various-pre-war-1899-munson-line-cuban-services-fleet-brochure","title":"Various: pre-war - 1899 Munson Line Cuban services \u0026 fleet brochure","description":"\u003cp\u003eMunson Lines - A twenty-page Cuban services guide and travelogue dated 1899 for the just-formed Munson Line. The dust was settling from the Spanish-American War and Cuba was a newly minted American territory. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOpening text would gladden the heart of any imperialist overlord: \" ... Groaning under the heavy burden of Spanish occupation ... (Cuba) is destined in the immediate future, under the dominating impulse of American development, to enjoy a wonderful growth ...\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCompany founder Walter Munson added passenger accommodations onto the stern of his initial fleet of freighters - CURITYBA, OLINDA, LAUDENBURG, ELLA, ARDANROSE, and ARDANDHU. Plans of three different pax areas are shown. along with etchings of deck and passenger areas. A profile view of the CURITYBA shows a simple hull with a central bridge block and a small deckhouse on the stern. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn back is a map of Cuba and the trade route from New York to the Caribbean. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMunson would grow into a Central and South American powerhouse before crumbing during the ruinous Great Depression.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery good condition. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FR","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53111493198105,"sku":"59","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2236\/1411\/files\/59.jpg?v=1788640859","url":"https:\/\/nautiques.net\/en-ca\/products\/various-pre-war-1899-munson-line-cuban-services-fleet-brochure","provider":"Nautiques","version":"1.0","type":"link"}