Pandora on Board the President Cleveland 1

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Title: Pandora on Board the President Cleveland 1
Identifier: RCS_015
Alternative Identifier: pic016
Description: Roy Spooner and Pandora on the deck of the President Cleveland. Pandora is lying on her side with Spooner, wearing gloves, reaching out towards her. She is secured by a rope or chain from her neck to the wall of the ship. The ocean can be seen beyond the railing behind them.
Commentary: David Spooner, who was five-years-old at the time, recalls that: "On the boat Pandora was kept on deck where it was cooler, but she had to be tied very securely because at one point the boat passed through the edge of a hurricane." Roy Spooner remembers further challenges on board: "Our trip was further complicated by a strike among the ship’s service personnel as we travelled across the Pacific. Arranging meals and sleeping accommodation for three very small children, two adults and a panda on a crowded steamer left us little time to enjoy the Pacific!"
Creator: Roy or Kathleen Spooner
Date Created: Between 1938-05-18 and 1938-06-09
Event: Pandora: From Sichuan to the World’s Fair
Relation: Pandora on Board the President Cleveland 2
Source: David Spooner
Provenance: Roy Cowieson and Kathleen Spooner, David Spooner (Roy's and Kathleen's son). Scanned by Zhang Mingying.
Access Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Publisher: SIUE
Record Date: 2026-01-03
Contributor: Cory Willmott; Zhang Yingming
Type: Still Image
References: David Spooner - Canadian Old Photo Project Team. 2010. Chengdu, My Home: The Chinese Feelings Across the Pacific. Chengdu: Sichuan Publishing Company Ltd., p. 029.; Roy Spooner – Letters from West China, 1939-1944 Second Series, 1979 (UCCA2013.028c-TR), p. 1.

Item sets: Spooner Family Archives

Media: RCS_015_Vpic016.jpg

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