Description
This 1935 vintage ad for Grace Line cruises has a color illustration with the caption:
“One of the famous GRACE ‘Santa’ liners passing thru BOCACHICA CHANNEL, entrance to CARTAGENA Harbor, between the ancient fortress of ‘San Fernando’ and ‘San Jose.’ In buccaneering days heavy chains were stretched between these forts to prevent pirates from pillaging the wealthy Spanish city of CARTAGENA, the oldest walled city in South America. Photographed in natural color by Henry Clay Gipson.”
Year Published: 1935
Approximate overall size – inches: 10.75 x 13.75
Grade: Excellent
Excerpt:
“Between New York and California visit Cartegna and Puerto Colombia, South America; the ruins of Old Panama, sacked by the pirates of the Spanish Main; El Salvador; intriguing Guatemala; Antigua; picturesque Mexico; and gay Havana (eastbound).”
This is a 88 yr. old original vintage ad removed from a 1935 publication and is not a reproduction of any kind.
