The entire passbook is written in Swedish. It was used in 1946 and 1947, while Allan Quinn was working on the Ariston. Allan visited Sweden many times, and eventually learnt the language.This passbook belonged to Allan Charles Quinn and is part of a collection of letters and photograph depicting aspects of life at sea for a young man in the era immediately following World War II.A small blue book, containing six pages held together with six staples in the spine. Some of the pages have pale green pages of information glued on them.Front: (indecipherable) 13 (handwritten in blue ink) / MOTBOK / FOR (printed) / (indecipherable) ALLAN QUINN (handwritten in blue ink) / GOTEBORG / ALBERTZ BOKTRYCKERI / 1938 (printed). Diagonally across the cover ANVAND DRAGSEDEL is printed in red. In the top right hand corner is a paragraph of writing in Swedish.allan-quinn, motbok, passbook, wages, sweden, 1946, 1947, ariston

This photograph is part of series depicting Allan Quinn's travels through San Francisco in 1949. This photograph was taken while travelling across the Golden Gate Bridge.This is a photograph from the Allan Charles Quinn collection which is a collection of letters and photograph depicting aspects of life at sea for a young man in the era immediately following World War II.A black and white photograph of the Golden Gate Bridge, in San Francisco, dated 9-11-49.Reverse: 9-11-49 (handwritten in blue ink)/ K8 / B (handwritten side ways in pencil).allan-quinn, photograph, san-francisco, golden-gate-bridge, 1949

This photograph is part of series depicting Allan Quinn's travels through San Francisco in 1949. This photograph shows one of the supports of the Golden Gate Bridge.This is a photograph from the Allan Charles Quinn collection which is a collection of letters and photograph depicting aspects of life at sea for a young man in the era immediately following World War II.A black and white photograph of one of the supports of the Golden Gate Bridge, in San Francisco, dated 9-11-49.Reverse: 9-11-49 (handwritten in blue ink) / B / K8 (handwritten upside down in pencil).allan-quinn, photograph, san-francisco, golden-gate-bridge, 1949

This photograph is part of collection taken while Allan Quinn was travelling through San Francisco. It is not known who actually took the photograph, as it is a portrait of Allan himself.This is a photograph from the Allan Charles Quinn collection which is a collection of letters and photograph depicting aspects of life at sea for a young man in the era immediately following World War II.A black and white photograph of Allen Quinn, taken in San Francisco, with the Golden Gate Bridge visible in the background.Handwritten on reverse: 30/9/49 (in blue ink) / A / K9 (upside down in pencil). allan-quinn, photograph, san-francisco, golden-gate-bridge, 1949