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[The S.S. OLYMPIC, 1911: Palm Court] – Vintage Wall Art

[The S.S. OLYMPIC, 1911: Palm Court], c1911. — historic photograph
[The S.S. OLYMPIC, 1911: Palm Court], c1911.. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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The Palm Court was one of the most fashionable public rooms aboard the White Star liner Olympic, which entered service in 1911 and was the first of the three great ships of her class. Passengers on the Atlantic run came here to take tea, listen to music, and be seen, with potted palms and an airy, glass-roofed setting meant to echo the leisure of a grand hotel. William H. Rau, a Philadelphia photographer who made a business of documenting steamships and railroads, copyrighted this photoprint, and his work is valued for showing the interiors of liners as they were presented to the public. The record notes that its details come from an old caption card and have not been verified.

Created / publishedc1911.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhotoprint copyrighted by William H. Rau. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,188 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-115413

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