Historical information

The entire passbook is written in Swedish. It was used between the 28 of Febuary 1945 and the 30th of November 1945 and seems to record Allan Quinn's wages. Allan visited Sweden many times, and eventually learnt the language.

Significance

This is a passbook belonged to Allan 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.

Physical description

A small book with pale blue covers, stained with dark blue ink. There are six pages held together with two staples.

Inscriptions & markings

Cover: STARBOARD BOAT NO P. (typed) / MOTBOK / FOR (printed) / JUNGNAN (handwritten)/ UPPASARE (crossed out) ALLAN CHARLES QUINN (typed).
In the top right hand corner is a paragraph of writing in Swedish.
Reverse: PRINTED IN U.S.A U92260 printed in black ink.