I don’t know about you, but I’m always up for a behind-the-scenes tour! It wasn’t so common in the 1950s to photograph the waitstaff and working areas of an ocean liner. This, combined with the African Americans pictured in a group of photographs I discovered in our Collection drew my attention.
摄影师阿尔伯特·杜兰特（Albert Durant）接触了党卫军的机会美国在试用期间，专注于有色人种，他们的服务使乘客的旅程令人愉悦。从那以后，我了解到杜兰特（Durant）是我们后院的开拓者。
Actually, the maritime issue isn’t on our Newport News ballot… it is on the ballot of Key West, Florida. However, the future of cruise ships in the world of Covid-19 may be on the minds of many citizens of port cities that welcome them.
This week I was on vacation in the Florida Keys — our first outing since the pandemic struck! I was very excited and pleased to get away from work (which I LOVE!) and the non-stop election coverage (which I love rather less). So when we arrived in Key West, I was taken aback to see the intersection of both the elections and my maritime life on signs all over town! Here is one of them:
Work continues on the exhibition for the 50th anniversary of the汉普顿路Ship Model Society, with models having arrived every day for the past two weeks. We have almost reached the finish line though with only a couple more models set to come in. Although anyone can walk through and see the work we’re doing, the exhibition officially opens August 5th and will remain open until February 11th, 2018. The models are so lovely and it’s amazing the amount of work and skill that goes into making them. The model makers clearly have a tremendous amount of patience.
There are a lot of models that people will recognize in this show, including America, CSS Virginia, USS Monitor, and SS United States. We get a lot of questions about our model of SS United States, which is currently in storage, so it will be great to have one on display again. There are two models of America (where the America’s Cup race gets its name), which make an excellent contrast to the AC72 displayed in the gallery next door. It shows you just how far technology has taken us.
最近，我有幸在波士顿地区，能够参观我们目前正在租借的一些文物前往马萨诸塞州塞勒姆的皮博迪·埃塞克斯博物馆。他们的展览，Ocean Liners: Glamour, Speed, and Style从现在开始至10月9日开放，之后将前往伦敦的维多利亚和阿尔伯特博物馆。我们向他们借了许多奇妙的作品，其中包括一些很大的东西。
In the second room, seen in the picture above, the engineering of these mighty ships was discussed and two of our artifacts were included. The first is the piece hanging from the ceiling, a towing tank model of SS United States. This model was tested in the U.S. Navy’s David W. Taylor Model Basin at Bethesda, Maryland in 1946. The other piece is the cream-colored half model on the wall to the right. It doesn’t look like much in this photo, but it is a 21′ plating model for SS United States, made in 1949.
下一个房间里放了一些我最喜欢的作品。右边的大幅画来自北德拉伊德线的SS Kronprinz Wilhelm的吸烟室，是一件令人印象深刻的作品。在这幅画的左侧（由于角度和其他访客而难以看见），这是一个点亮的SS Kronprinzessin Cecilie，也是北德劳埃德系列的。它是由德国玩具公司Fleischmann制造的。左侧的墙壁上是Cunard Steamship Company的折叠式客厅水槽。
使用了来自美国党卫军的许多物品。在顶部图片中是长廊甲板上私人餐厅的装饰灯面板。不幸的是，我的相机并不能公正地照亮时它看起来多么美丽。底部图像中的主要功能是一流宴会厅的三个玻璃面板。点燃时，它们看起来也很壮观。在他们面前是一个从休息室中的鸡尾酒桌，在此左侧（部分被切断时，有点遮盖）是一流的小台灯和机舱班级餐厅。
One of my favorite displays in the exhibition was the pool flags and swimming suits; it had a very fun vibe. The pool flags are also ours and came from SS United States. The second picture shows them on the ship. They spell out “Come on in the waters fine!”
All in all, it was a very interesting exhibition with some gorgeous and fascinating pieces. If you find yourself in the Salem area, I recommend taking a look!
两张由美国党卫军的明信片。第一个显示了1952年试验期间的船，第二次显示它离开汉普顿道路
