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1927 Hawaiian Matson Lines 13 Shipboard Newspapers Commander Byrd Paris
$ 13.2
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13 4 page issues, dated March 14-July 17, 1927, of the Daily Radio News, published on board 2 cruise ships and collected by a passenger en route from Sydney to Honolulu on board the SS Ventura of the Matson Lines, and then from Honolulu to San Francisco on board the SS Sonoma.SS Sonoma- 3 issues of The Polynesian,'' issued daily on board Matson Liners'' a Hawaiian 8 page circular which housed 3 issues of the Daily Radio News, as well as another 2 other loose issues of Daily Radio news- 5 issues total dated March-April, 1927.
SS Ventura- 8 pretty decent content wise issues of the Daily Radio News published on board the SS Ventura, bound from Honolulu to San Francisco, dates ranging from July 4-July 16, 1927. News on Byrd's reaching Paris in his monoplane and the parades and events that followed, as well as Helen Wills Moody and Bill Tilden winning Wimbledon and Jack Dempsey and Bobby Jones getting ready for their upcoming matches.