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A rarity from 123-years ago, a thick \"Illustrated Souvenir - The Cunard Steamship Co. Ltd 1902\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 114-page booklet provides Cunard Line history from a perspective of 1902, the line's 62th year in service and also the coronation year of Edward VII, replacing his mother, Queen Victoria.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"British shipowners have been temporarily deprived of the honour of holding the record for the highest speeds crossing the Atlantic,\" noted Cunard. \"The distinction has, for a time at least, been snatched away by the ships of a rival Power, whose industry is fostered by the bounty system.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCunard was referring to Germany and HAPAG's DEUTSCHLAND, the Blue Riband holder in 1902. Germany was underwriting new liners to take on the British. On the other side of the Atlantic, J.P. Morgan's International Mercantile Marine Co. was threatening to gobble up British lines and place them under American control. Cunard wanted British government assistance in building two upcoming ships, LUSITANIA and MAURETANIA. This deluxe souvenir was meant to sway public opinion. It worked.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSections cover the founders of the line, the first and second generation of ships such as BRITANNIA (1840) and SCOTIA (1862), improvements in propulsion, Cunarders as troopship, food service onboard, the superships CAMPANIA and LUCANIA  of 1893, and the new IVERNIA and SAXONIA of 1900. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrand interiors are shown in photographs: CAMPANIA and LUCANIA Drawing Room, fireplace of the Drawing Room, the Grand Organ in the Music Room, a section of the Smoking Room, Promenade Deck, Grand Dining Saloon, and Library.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThirty pages of period advertising is a a delight to thumb through - Sankey's Corrugated Metallic Lifebuoy, ship biscuit manufacturers Mackenzie \u0026amp; Cameron, John Smith sacks and tarpaulins, Cantrell \u0026amp; Cochrane Ginger Ale, John Duncan \u0026amp; Sons, \"Fishmongers to Principal Lines\", plus dozens more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGood condition with wear to the spine.\u003c\/p\u003e"}