Sixty years of progressive trade with the world, 1895 - 1955: notable diamond jubilee of Nelson and Robertson proprietary limited

Sixty years of progressive trade with the world, 1895 - 1955: notable diamond jubilee of Nelson and Robertson proprietary limited

Author Captain Jack Hamilton

Date1955

Object number00029836

NameManuscript

MediumInk and silver gelatin prints on paper, cloth

DimensionsOverall: 295 x 230 x 20 mm, 0.95 kg

ClassificationsBooks and journals

Credit LineANMM Collection

Terms

DescriptionThe manuscript is an unpublished typescript history. The title page reads: 60 Years of Progressive Trade With the World 1895 - 1955 Notable Diamond Jubilee of Nelson and Robertson Proprietary Limited An Appreciation by captain Jack Hamilton. The manuscript has 57 pages of typewritten text and 12 black and white photographs including; Ivan Nelson, founder, Royal Tar, principles and staff of Nelson and Robertson, miner's right, MARY MOORE, CITY OF HANKOW, NIELS RIBE, SEVERN, POONBAR, Norman Charles Nelson, William Edward Ryall, Harold Roy Cooper and Ivan Richard Nelson. Also contained in the book is a loose half photograph (incomplete), identified as being the sailing vessel CEDARBANK, skippered by Hamilton.