1st. class, grand dining saloon, seates [sic] 500--OLYMPIC STEAMSHIP – Historic Reproduction
![1st. class, grand dining saloon, seates [sic] 500--OLYMPIC STEAMSHIP, [between 1911 and 1920] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ff/ff176bfde171-L.webp)
(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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of 1st. class, grand dining saloon, seates [sic] 500--OLYMPIC STEAMSHIP. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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1st. class, grand dining saloon, seates [sic] 500--OLYMPIC STEAMSHIP
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Few liners of the period matched the Olympic in size, and this view of her first-class dining saloon, captioned as seating 500, shows how the White Star ship offered the polish of a grand hotel at sea. Completed in 1911, she sailed the Southampton to New York route, and her public rooms were built to rival the finest restaurants ashore, with ornate paneling and long tables set for formal meals. The picture comes from the George Grantham Bain Collection, a body of news photographs that documents the era's ocean travel and its notable ships.
| Created / published | [between 1911 and 1920] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1910-1920. |
| Notes | George Grantham Bain Collection. |
| Subjects | Olympic (Steamship) Dining rooms--1910-1920. Ships--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 714 px · prints to 5 × 2 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-170203 |
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