ALCOA CAVALIER, CLIPPER & CORSAIR - 1952 deck plan & interiors brochure in colorAlcoa Line: A sixteen page Caribbean cruise brochure from 1952 for the streamlined trio ALCOA CAVALIER, ALCOA CLIPPER, and ALCOA CORSAIR. The three passenger decks are rendered in that wonderful isometric, or 3 D, style that made French Line plans from the 1930s so desirable. The furniture in cabins and public rooms cast little shadows. I feel like that with a flick of my finger I could scoot a chair out of the way or rearrange the Lounge. Color

the UGANDA was blown ashore and capsized during a cyclone

and Vancouver

There is Rio with low-rise buildings lining Botafogo Bay where today an expressway zips through

plus photos of the Dining Room

For Tourist Class: Reading and Writing Room

First it sailed south with stops at the glamourous South American hotspots of Rio de Janeiro

You can see that the red and yellow Crociere d'Oltremare livery is still on the funnel

The Tourist Class plan also stretches open to ten panels and 36"

Tourist Class images include the Swimming Pool

Inside are interiors and plans

The adjacent big staterooms could be added in to create a suite fit for the Windsors

Morgan Line (Southern Pacific Steamship Lines):  "One Hundred Golden Hours at Sea"