The Caird Library’s printed ephemera collection has recently been added to the National Maritime Museum’s online catalogue.
This is the result of a long-running project during which library staff and volunteers sorted, catalogued and rehoused over 8000 pieces of printed ephemera, providing library users with greater access to this area of our collection.
These items help to illustrate how different shipping companies advertised their ships and services. They can offer insight in terms of how these companies’ used images of different countries, their cultures and the natural world to attract tourists to their services and how the types of images used evolved over time.
The public can view this ephemera in person by joining the Caird Library as a reader via their website.
