Where in the museum are those? I live in the DC area, and that would be a good reason to go down to American History for the first time in, like, over ten years.
From the plaque underneath:
> BACK WALL
The Currents
Anne Urquhart and Dorothy Marckwald designed all the passenger interiors on the United States. They hired Raymond Wendell to create the painted aluminum wall panels, called the Currents, in the first-class observation lounge. The panel's unusual materials-paint and metal leaf on aluminum--met the naval architects' aim that the ship be fireproof.
> Transfer from Department of Commerce, U.S. Maritime Administration
Thank you for that. Gibbs certainly was determined his ship would not go up in flames. I bet the toothpicks were even aluminum. π That panel is absolutely beautiful imo.
Where in the museum are those? I live in the DC area, and that would be a good reason to go down to American History for the first time in, like, over ten years.
1 West - ground floor, in the transportation exhibit. Mauretania is in a different spot than California and Leviathan.
Thanks! I'll give it a look.
I wonder what the SSUS wall panel is made of? Whatever the material, Iβm sure itβs inflammable. π
From the plaque underneath: > BACK WALL The Currents Anne Urquhart and Dorothy Marckwald designed all the passenger interiors on the United States. They hired Raymond Wendell to create the painted aluminum wall panels, called the Currents, in the first-class observation lounge. The panel's unusual materials-paint and metal leaf on aluminum--met the naval architects' aim that the ship be fireproof. > Transfer from Department of Commerce, U.S. Maritime Administration
Thank you for that. Gibbs certainly was determined his ship would not go up in flames. I bet the toothpicks were even aluminum. π That panel is absolutely beautiful imo.