Tiki Central / Collecting Tiki / Matson Cruise Lines Collection
Post #678549 by TropicDrinkBoy on Sun, May 19, 2013 5:14 PM
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Here are some Matson Cruise items that I've collected that you can still buy today. First is a book titled "To Honolulu in Five Days, Cruising Aboard Matson's S.S. Lurline": http://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-media/product-gallery/1580082327/ref=cm_ciu_pdp_images_dav
It covers the entire history of Matson's Hawaii tourist business, the cruises and classic Waikiki hotels such as the Royal Hawaiian. The second two are MP3 albums, the first of which was commissioned by Matson to promote their south seas cruises. It is titled "Ports of Paradise". The orchestration was done by Alfred Newman, known as "One of the "three godfathers of film music": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Newman_(composer) .
http://www.amazon.com/Ports-of-Paradise-Remastered/dp/B009IEOFXC/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top This final album is a wonderful snapshot of 1950's Hawaii tourism, "Webley Edwards Island Paradise":
It begins with you arriving on a Matson cruise ship and experiencing the arrival ceremony with the Royal Hawaiian band, Hawaii Calls entertainment at Matson hotels (and elsewhere) and finishes with you departing on your cruise back to the mainland, bidding farewell to your new found friends. Finally, if you are ever in San Francisco you can see the old Matson headquarters around 298 Market Street:
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