Matson Navigation Company's long association with Hawaii began in 1882, when Captain William Matson sailed his three-masted schooner Emma Claudina from San Francisco to Hilo, Hawaii, carrying 300 tons of food, plantation supplies and general merchandise.
The house flag bears 7 white 5point stars arranged in a circle around a white disc bearing a plain block capital blue M on a swallow tailed red field. According to the Matson Navigation Companys public relations department the seven stars, contrary to popular opinion, do not stand for the seven Hawaiian islands, but rather the first seven ships owned by William Matson.
The following items were collected as a group of souvenirs from passage on an unknown
Matson Navigation passenger liner. The Matson Navigation table flag was most likely a table centerpiece from a dining room. The menu covers depict various scenes from Hawaiian history. The Hawaii Five-0 embroidered police badge was a souvenir from a popular television series Hawaii Five-0 about the Hawaii State Police which aired from September 1968 to April 1980.The significance of the Mickey & Mini Mouse box is unknown.
ZFC2007 - Hawaii Five-0 television series souvenir badge
ZFC2008 - Matson Navigation Menu Cover -
ZFC2009 Matson Navigation Menu Cover
ZFC2010 Matson Navigation Menu Cover
ZFC2036 - Mickey Mouse Souvenir Box -
From the Louise Veninga Collection.
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