Historical information

This photo album documents the voyage of Allan Quinn while he was in the merchant navy.

Significance

The album and photos give a view of Quinn's trips around the world and the many places he visited.

Physical description

Leather-bound photo album. Cover is embossed with a colour map of South America.

Inscriptions & markings

The cover contains the map of South America with a picture of a man with a pipe in his mouth in the top left-hand corner and a picture of a sailing ship in the bottom right. The inside front cover lists in handwritten columns: ports of call during 1947-48. There are three loose photos inside the front cover.