Various: pre-war - 1930s Italian Line Tourist Class brochure w/ deco graphicsItalian Line: A twenty four page interiors brochure promoting Tourist Class on the REX, CONTE DI SAVOIA, SATURNIA, VULCANIA, and ROMA. Although undated, it is from the mid 1930s when the stylish deco graphics used here were all the rage at Italian Line. Two services are advertised. "Superliner" meant sailing on the REX or CONTE DI SAVOIA at Blue Riband speeds across the Atlantic. "Express Liner" meant taking a slower motorship that made a few stops

which today is called Belem

like two of her sisters

As WW2 heated up

The flip side features a large portrait-at-sea showing off handsome

They in turn retired all four in 1984

attached bath of a cabin

Costa picked her up for a song in 1947 after Furness refused to take her back after arduous war duty

The four-page embarkation notice is dated July 9

Each page in this brochure has at least one large color ship photo

Bamboo Room

Tung added them to his globe-trotting fleet

the wonderful two-deck-high Smoking Room with its swooping stairway and big mural