Three Guides to Durban

Durban Winter Season Programme (1937)

Welcome to Durban “Khaki and Blue We Welcome You” (Early 1940s)

Visitors Map to Durban (Late 1940s/Early 1950s)

Durban Winter Season Programme (1937) Very good illustrated thin card covers with titles in white and blue on the front cover. 46pp with 10 black and white illustrations. An introduction to Durban with details of events in  the city from 29th. May to 29th August. Also included is information about: The Aquarium; Golf Courses; Race Courses; Bay Cruises; Bowling Greens and the Zulu Reserve.

2) Welcome to Durban “Khaki and Blue We Welcome You” (Early 1940s). Very good illustrated paper covers. This 23cm x 9cm guide opens up to 55cm x 43cm and features a large plan of central Durban with details on Canteens and Clubs; Entertainments; Banks; The Post Office; Churches; Taxi and Rickshaw Charges; Sport; Places of Interest; Consular Representatives; Transport and Motor Tours; Bathing and Swimming etc. This guide was produced for South African and Allied troops in Durban during World War Two. Visitors Map to Durban (Late 1940s/Early 1950s). Home Journal Press, Durban.  E. P. & C. P. Co., Ltd., Durban

3) The Durban Publicity Association, Durban. Very good illustrated paper covers. This 18cm x 13cm guide opens up to 79cm x 53cm and features a large plan of central Durban and includes details on” What to See and Do in the Garden City; Sporting and Recreational Amenities; Scenic Splendours; General Information for the Visitor; The Durban Municipality; De Lux Motor Coach Tours; Tourist Resorts in Natal Province; The Natal Hinterland and Zululand. 

Plus three “Souvenirs of Durban” (Series A, B and C) World War Two era letter cards each with six black and white photographs.