Figureheads, Cunard RMS Berengaria, 1929 Vintage American The restaurants were fitted out

The restaurants were fitted out like wagon trains

” People came dressed in all their finery to see celebrities let their hair down in a fantasy jungle decorated with white palm trees

weighing four hundred and twenty-nine pounds

The diner featured old-timey favorites such as malted drinks

Figureheads, Cunard RMS Berengaria, 1929 Vintage American The restaurants were fitted outThis illustration, by famed naval artist William McDowell (1888 1950), shows figureheads from some of the more prominent ships throughout history, from a Roman attack boat, all the way to the Cutty Sark, which currently sits next to the river Thames at Greenwich, and operates as a tourist attraction. In its day, the RMS Berengaria was the pride of the Cunard fleet and sailed from the English port of Southampton to New York. It was known as the happy