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Gervais Purcell: On assignment with P&O

by Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

These photographs by Australian commercial photographer Gervais Purcell document the passengers, equipment, fashion and interior design trends of P&O cruise liners during the 1950s and 1960s. Vessels featured include SS Himalaya, SS Orcades and SS Oriana

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SS Himalaya leaving port, c 1953
Passengers boarding the P&O liner ORONSAY, 1946-1962
Two frame photo of luggage being loaded onto the P&O liner ORONSAY, 1946—1962
Two frame photo of passengers disembarking the P&O liner ORONSAY, 1946-1962
Two frame photo of passengers boarding the P&O liner ORONSAY, 1946-1962
Two frame photo of passengers boarding the P&O liner ORONSAY, 1946-1962
Two frame photo of luggage being loaded onto the P&O liner ORONSAY, 1946-1962
Two frame photo of luggage and passengers disembarking the P&O liner ORONSAY, c1946-1962
Two frame photo of passengers disembarking the P&O liner ORONSAY, c1946-1962
P&O cabin interior, 1946-1962
P&O cabin interior, 1946-1962
P&O cabin interior, 1946-1962
A P&O cruiser cabin, c 1950
A P&O cruiser cabin, c 1950
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A P&O cruiser dining saloon, c 1960
A P&O cruiser dining saloon, c 1960
P&O cruiser smoking lounge, c 1950
Interior of a P&O cruiser cabin, c 1950
Cabin interior of SS Orcades, c1960
Cabin interior of SS Orcades, c1960
SS Oriana, c1960
SS Oriana, c1960
SS Oriana's public rooms, c1960s
SS Oriana's public rooms, c1960s
SS Oriana's public rooms, c1960s
SS Oriana's public rooms, c1960s
SS Oriana's public rooms, c 1960
SS Oriana in Sydney Harbour, 30 December 1960
SS Oriana in Sydney Harbour, 30 December 1960
SS Oriana in Sydney Harbour, 30 December 1960
SS ORIANA in Sydney Harbour, 30 December 1960
SS ORIANA in Sydney Harbour, 30 December 1960
SS ORIANA in Sydney Harbour, 30 December 1960
SS ORIANA in Sydney Harbour, 30 December 1960
SS ORIANA in Sydney Harbour, 30 December 1960
SS ORIANA in Sydney Harbour, 30 December 1960
SS Oriana berthed in Sydney Harbour, c 1960
Promotional photo of the bar of a P&O liner, c 1960
TV room of the Princess of Tasmania, c 1956
Crew member at work on the Princess of Tasmania, c 1956
Crew member at work on the Princess of Tasmania, c 1956
Crew member at work on the Princess of Tasmania, c 1956
Crew member at work on the Princess of Tasmania, c 1956
Aerial Antenna on Princess Tasmania, c 1956
A view of the landscape at Lord Howe Island
The wing of a flying boat at Lord Howe Island
A crowd of people watching a flying boat land at Lord Howe Island
Ansett Airways' flying boat Beachcomber on Sydney Harbour
Inside the cockpit of a flying boat
Passengers inside the cabin of a flying boat
Passengers inside the cabin of a flying boat
View across the lagoon at Lord Howe Island
View of Mount Gower and Mount Lidgbird on Lord Howe Island
Two views of landscape at Lord Howe Island