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Founded in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1875 the Union Steam Ship Co. was once the biggest shipping line in the Southern Hemisphere. For over half of its 125 year history it was New Zealand’s largest private sector employer.
The CAL is based on the cover of a Union Steam Ship Co. c1920 travel brochure which included photographic illustrations and text describing the Union Service Line and their Grand Pacific Tour.
The ship on the cover (illustrator not known) is thought to be the Makura. “Later vessels were more likely to have two funnels, among other identifying features.” [Source: Auckland Maritime Museum]. The Makura operated the Pacific routes linking Auckland, Sydney, Suva, Honolulu, Vancouver or Wellington, Sydney, Rarotonga, Tahiti, San Francisco during the period 1908-1936.
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From 1858 until the company’s final demise in 1974 it provided a major shipping service for cargo, emigrants, tourists, etc. between New Zealand and the UK.
The CAL is based on a poster shown right. Painted c1930 by Edward J Waters (1882-1952) and printed by Gibbs and Gibbs Ltd, Lithographers, London. The design depicts a carved waka (canoe) paddled through a bush-clad river gorge (possibly on the Whanganui River), a figure standing in the bow and holding a taiaha (staff).
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