April 8th Autographs, Manuscripts, Books & Photography
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A signed "Irving Berlin" souvenir passenger list of the S.S. Matsonia. This Voyage set sail on August 1st, 1947 from Honolulu to Los Angeles Harbor and San Francisco. In good condition, does have some water staining, but does not affect the signature or look.
Irving Berlin was an American composer and lyricist, widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in American history. His music forms a great part of the Great American Songbook. Born in Imperial Russia, Berlin arrived in the United States at the age of five. He published his first song, "Marie from Sunny Italy", in 1907, receiving 33 cents for the publishing rights, and had his first major international hit, "Alexander's Ragtime Band", in 1911. He also was an owner of the Music Box Theatre on Broadway. It is commonly believed that Berlin could not read sheet music, and was such a limited piano player that he could only play in the key of F-sharp using his custom piano equipped with a transposing lever.
S.S. Matsonia, one of the four luxury liners of the Matson Line that served our Territory of Hawaii from California ports of San Francisco and Los Angeles, before the war
With One of a Kind Collectibles LOA
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