... they ... Answering your first question, at least in part, the Queen Mary 'crossed the Atlantic' a total of 1001 times. During WWII she traveled far beyond...
I went on board quickly to buy a couple of pairs of Queen Mary earrings from Past Times. They are gold-tone (brass, I think) 3-D steamships just over .875 ...
... they ... Answering your first question, at least in part, the Queen Mary 'crossed the Atlantic' a total of 1001 times. During WWII she traveled far beyond...
I visited the Past Times but didn't see anything I cared for except for these compass, gyros that I really loved. However, they were a bit pricey at $125. I...
BTW, remember that pair of QUEEN MARY deck chairs that were on eBay? Incredibly, they went for 800 smackeroos ! Tom. [Non-text portions of this message have...
... were on eBay? ... Tom, I saw these too. Remember the photo album someone sold on eBay from the Queen Mary's inaugural cruise (complete with letters from...
Actually, $800 for 2 chairs is relatively cheap--I've seen 1 for that much or more in several antique shops through the years. ... From: "Justin"...
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sterling@...
Dec 4, 2001 10:05 pm
I actually did bid on this photo album but bottled out at about 300-400 I think. I do have the jpgs somewhere which the seller was kind enough to post in some...
... know third class,at least during the early years did not have private bathrooms.Where the bathrooms close to the cabins? To the best of my knowledge, the...
... know third class,at least during the early years did not have private bathrooms.Where the bathrooms close to the cabins? To the best of my knowledge, the...
... Thats true... they did have wash basins. However all cabins also had chamber pots too! But lets DEFINATELY not go there! :) -Andrew "Soap, Flowers......
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Bill Cwiklo
cyclops@...
Dec 6, 2001 2:58 am
There were smaller pots in the cabinets by the bed in first class too. But since these cabins had full bathrooms, I've suspected that these pots were for sea...
... shouldn't go ... Tom, Weren't there also flushing "slop lockers" that look like square toilets? Someone in third class might have thought that was their ...
... stateroom ... Justin, On the other end of the spectrum, I know a person who bought a Cunard-White Star soup tureen made of sterling silver for $5.00 at a...
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Keith McCoy
keithmccoy@...
Dec 7, 2001 7:03 pm
Diane, Regarding the QUEEN MARY items you have seen at swap meets, I bought a stateroom telephone from a man in Long Beach whose mother had purchased it at the...
Keith, A trip to Southern California probably would be well worth your effort. I have found many Queen Mary artifacts at the Long Beach Veteran's Stadium swap...
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J. B. Lee
jbradylee@...
Dec 7, 2001 11:29 pm
I was born and raised within 10 miles of the Queen Mary and have looked high and low for any memorabilia from the ship. I do remember going the big sale in...
J.B., I too was born in Long Beach (St. Mary's Hospital). During the '80s, I was an antique dealer so I had to be very consistent in my quest. However, with...
If you really want to find china, silver and other items, the best thing to do is to find where and when a "transportation" memorabilia swap meet is coming up....
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sterling@...
Dec 8, 2001 12:40 pm
... How can a swap meet open at 2.30am? Over here in Britain they open at 8-9am with an hour before this open to people (usually dealers) prepared to pay a...
From what I have read all cabin class (first class) rooms had telephones. I also saw pictures of some tourist class staterooms that had telephones. This would...
Thank you for answering my question. There was public telephones,right? was they any in the 3rd class areas? justnla <justnla@...> wrote: From what I...
