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Hong Kong - American President Lines : serving 50 ports on 4 major trade routes
One of a series of seven posters issued in 1957 by APL to promote its passenger liner service from the US West Coast to Asia, this is a night-time scene of the S.S. President Hoover steaming out of Hong Kong harbour with the Tiger Balm Gardens pagoda in the foreground and the city lights of Kowloon in the distance. Built in 1939, President Hoover was operated by APL from 1957 until its retirement in 1964, and covered the route from San Francisco to Tokyo, Hong Kong and Manila.
Author / Creator | Unknown |
Format | 1 poster : color ; 87 x 69.6 cm on cloth board 91 x 63 cm |
Publisher | American President Lines |
Year | circa 1957 |
HKBU Library collection | Hong Kong Travel Poster Collection |
Work type | Painting Poster |
Airline Company | American President Lines |
Keyword(s) | Night Scenes Ships Tiger Balm Garden |
Permalink | https://bcc.lib.hkbu.edu.hk/artcollection/91512504h757t52 |
Library record | View the record in HKBU library catalogue |
Copyright status | Copyrighted CC BY-NC 4.0 |
Cite this image as: "Hong Kong - American President Lines : serving 50 ports on 4 major trade routes", in Hong Kong Baptist University Library Art Collections, accessed 14/12/2424, https://bcc.lib.hkbu.edu.hk/artcollection/91512504h757t52.