I know just what you need, but it's probably very difficult to get ahold of.
A book called "Vagabond Voyaging: The Story of Freighter Travel" by Larry Nixon, published by Little, Brown and Company, 1938 - Boston.
It's a guide published to advise travelers who wish to travel via tramp steamers and/or freighters rather than ocean liners.
Details:
Travel Prices Travels Routes Accomdations and Food Appropriate Clothing How to Prepare Common Ship Plans Description of Crew
Also has descriptiond of several common trips like
Passage to Manila Chinese Ports Crossing the Equator Indian Ocean Ports Round the World Trips
Also has a good dozen or so illustrations or photographs of a sample cabin, dining room, sample wine list and dinner menu, the galley in action, etc.
I found my copy in a used bookstore, but a good university interlibrary loan might be able to get ahold of a copy.
anyway - hope that is helpful
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