For the Port Section:
1. International Longshoreman's Association Annual Clambakes at Francis Farms. September 23, 1956; August 2, 1960; September 4, 1961; September 3, 1962.
2. Poster
It is a poster (from some point between 1928 -1938) that announces the departure of a ship from New Bedford to Cape Verde. I it a very elocuent object. It's from the date we are working on, it's written in portuguese, it has pictures of the ship, it describes trip's itinerary, it provide fees for "first class" and "second class" passengers (no "second class"... funny), it provides the names of the captains, it gives you an idea of the way street posters would look like by that time, and if that does not sound enough... it includes a list of goods that may be shipped and the fees that were charged. So it gives a wonderful impression of the kind of things people will send to Cape Verde. Here is a transcription of the text of the poster (the text it's is written in portuguese and this is my translation to english, so I apologize for my mistakes in advance).
TO CAPE VERDE
(FOGO-BRAVA-PRAIA AND BARVOLENVENTO ISLANDS)
SHIP "CORIOLANUS"
WILL DEPART ON OCTOBER 20th
IT IS NOW RECEIVING PASSENGERS AND GOODS TO THE CAPE VERDEAN ARCHIPIELAGO
THE SHIP WILL TRAVEL DIRECTLY TO FOGO ISLAND, WHERE STEAMBOAT "INFANTE ENRIQUE" WILL RECEIVE THE PASSANGERS THAT ARE ON THEIR WAY TO BRAVA ISLAND.
GOOD TREATMENT ON BOARD IS GUARANTEED BY SHIP'S WELL KNOW OWNERS ABILIO MONTEIRO DE MACEDO AND ALBERTINO JOSE DE SENA, THE LATTER THE CAPTAIN THAT WILL ALSO BE ONBOARD.
TICKET PRICE: FIRST CLASS $80 / THIRD CLASS $50
BAGS........................ $00 (I didn't write down the fees)
BOX OF PETROLEUM....
BOX OF SOAP...
BARRELL OF FLOUR, CORN
IRON OR WOODEN BED
WIDE MATTRESS
CHAIR
ROCKING CHAIR
WOODEN TILE BUNDLE
LARD
WOOD PARTITION
IRON STOVE
SEWING MACHINE
SMALL TABLE
LARGE TABLE
CEMENT-BARREL
DRESSER-BUREAU
PETROLEUM
LUMBER
We are not sure if we want to display the original poster (it is framed) or to make a reproduction of it an post it somewhere as a real street poster (I am afraid we are inclined to the second option) and I haven't been able to get clear from Yvonne whether the Cape Verdean Museum will allow us to have a reproduction or not.
So, if you are going to contact with Yvonne, could you be able to include our request for using the poster?