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1920s United States Lines S.S. AMERICAN BANKER Large Interior Promotional Photos:
$65.00
United States Lines/American Merchant Lines: From the USL archives, five original publicity photos from the 1920s and 30s of the AMERICAN BANKER.
The photos measure a large 10.5" by 13.5" and were taken by the Byron Photographers of New York, the famed company that photographed so many American and foreign passenger liners during the interwar years.
Shown are the Foyer, Smoking Room and Bar, Stateroom #1, Stateroom #4, and Stateroom #28. What I enjoy is the level of detail visible in the photos, especially the Smoking Room and Bar. You can examine the ashtrays (often available on Nautiques), glassware and china (ditto), liquor bottles (on your own), and the original murals on the walls.
About those murals - the late Mark Goldberg recounts in his book "The 'Hog Islanders'" the story of a voyage on the AMERICAN BANKER when it was chartered by American graduates of the famed Ecole des Beaux Arts heading to Paris for a reunion. Passage was slow and the decor dreary. To keep themselves amused, the passenger/artists decided to spruce up the place by painting murals in the Lounge and Smoking Room/Bar. The whimsical results are murals visible in the photo.
Very good condition with a few little tears around the Ships Worldwide
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