GDAŃSK, GDYNIA, KRAKOW - MS "Batory". Album from 1962, constituting an extremely detailed documentation of the voyage of its creator, Kazimierz Hess, to the United States of America on board MS "Batory". Photos, mostly p.b., various sizes, plus clippings from newspaper articles and other memorabilia, handwritten descriptions. Condition db., minor damage to album covers, dimensions 210x290 mm.
The album consists of three parts.Part I shows the events preceding the voyage: the defense of Jerzy Szopa's doctoral thesis in the auditorium of the AGH University of Science and Technology in Cracow on 17.I.1962 (19 photos), the creator of the album from January to March 1962 (14 photos), photos taken in Gdansk just before the voyage on 14.4.1962: Neptune's monument (1 photo), Długi Targ (1 photo), St. Mary's Church (1 photo), Baszta (1 photo). Part II shows the course of the voyage from 20.04 to 1.05.1962: view of the Sea Port from the deck of MS Batory (1 photo), MS Batory in Gdynia (3 photos), fellow passengers (2 photos), views in from the highest deck (3 photos), MS Batory in Gdynia before unmooring (2 photos.), view of people saying goodbye (4 pics.), sailing out of the port of Gdynia (3 pics.), work of tugboats (2 pics.), view of Gdynia in the fog (1 pic.), last port lighthouse in Gdynia (1 pic.), photo from stay in Copenhagen (59 pics, 2 color postcards.), MS Batory in the Baltic Straits: Kattegat (9 pics.), photo from cocktail party (6 color pics.), storm in the Atlantic (3 pics.), on the captain's bridge (3 pics.), Atlantic views 9 pics, on watch (3 pics.), navigating the ship (9 pics.), views of the Atlantic (2 pics.), lounging (2 pics.), ice floe in front of Newfoundland (3 pics.), staying in Chicago (19 pics. fb. and color.), trip to Detroit (5 pics.), Detroit plan (fb.b.),etc., etc., a total of 200 photos from the stay in America, departure from Chicago (3 pics. color and p.b.), stay in Copenhagen on the way back with MS Batorym (18 pics.), in the Baltic straits (3 pics.), return of MS Batorym to Gdynia (7 pics. and color postcard); the third part documents the scientific and private life of K. Hess after his return from the USA (134 pics.).
