Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Date from diary: June 26–28, 1961. Two sheets.
From the diary, the earliest date is June 26 and the latest June 28, the day before they land on June 29.
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[letterhead]
[drawings: anchor, flying fish, sea gull]
Hawaii • Tahiti • Samoa • Fiji • New Zealand • Australia
Matson Lines
Saturday: Writing on deck. The ship is quite good, no more motion than a larger one. We eat at officers mess. Food better than on passenger ships though less fancy. Martin made friends w. watch officer who tells him about the time of
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large man who came on this same ship w. wife for a vacation in Hawaii, etc.. 12 people can be a lot of people when they are thrown together day and
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Now they say we may arrive Thursday early instead of Wednesday evening. We shall see. Am doing a sketch of the
Sheet 2 of 2. Text begins:
[top left corner: circled 2]
[letterhead]
[drawings: anchor, flying fish, sea gull]
Hawaii • Tahiti • Samoa • Fiji • New Zealand • Australia
Matson Lines
Made sketches for a ceramic sculpture of the drummer. Hope to make it when I return. Maybe Johnny could leave w. you the sketch I made in pencil to put in Trudy's book. We don't have any
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Will try to mail this at the Military Pier in case it is possible.
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