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| Commodore John Anderson featured in a United States Lines publicity shot aboard the Big U |
The SS United States Conservancy is very proud to announce the grand opening of an exhibition dedicated to the history of the SS United States in New York's Forbes Galleries. Entitled "The Ocean Liner United States: Celebrating the Past and Future of America's Flagship," the exhibition will open on May 18 and run through September 8, 2012.
Items in the exhibition lent by collectors from across the country will transport visitors back to an era of travel in grand style, where world leaders and celebrities roamed America's "ship of state" as she sped across the Atlantic. China, furniture, artwork and documents from the ship's top-secret design are among more than 120 artifacts assembled. Prominently featured is famed enamellist Mira Jedwabnik Van Doren's original plaques of American birds that once hung in a first class suite and one of the stunning cocktail tables she designed for the ship's Observation Lounge. Private papers from the vessel's designer, William Francis Gibbs, as well as from Commodore John Anderson, the ship's longest-serving captain, will also be featured.
The exhibition will be free and open to the public from 10am - 4pm Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. The Forbes Galleries, New York are located at 60 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.
The Conservancy extends its profound gratitude to board member Bob Forbes for his extraordinary support for the exhibition, to Michael Harrison for his expert curating of the show, and to Conservancy communications associate Greg Shutters for his fabulous graphics design work.
To read more about the new exhibition, please click on the following link: library.constantcontact.com
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Source: ssunitedstatesconservancy.com
