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Topic: Who can Identrify the ship

desirod7
First Class Passenger
Member # 1626

posted 12-31-2006 04:38 PM

Geogia Gibbs is the woman

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6263866
First Class Passenger
Member # 5115

posted 12-31-2006 04:42 PM

No idea, but the Empire State Building is in the background.

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Linerdan
First Class Passenger
Member # 4719

posted 12-31-2006 04:50 PM

Ile De France? (post WW2).

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Linerrich
First Class Passenger
Member # 4864

posted 12-31-2006 04:58 PM

Yes, those look like ILE DE FRANCE's stacks, post-War. Good eye, Linerdan!

Rich

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 12-31-2006 05:18 PM

The photo was apparently taken on 19 August 1949.

Pam

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Brian_O
First Class Passenger
Member # 3910

posted 12-31-2006 05:56 PM

Yes. That's "Her nibs", Miss Georgia Gibbs. She had many hit records in the 40's and 50's. She died in early December at age 87.

As for the ship? I think Ile de France is correct.

Brian

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Cunard Fan
First Class Passenger
Member # 7530

posted 12-31-2006 08:39 PM

It definetly looks like the Ile De France.

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NAL
First Class Passenger
Member # 1102

posted 01-01-2007 04:05 PM

Oui, c'est l'Ile-de-France....most definitely.

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Rex
First Class Passenger
Member # 1113

posted 01-01-2007 05:30 PM

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say "Liberte'"

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Linerrich
First Class Passenger
Member # 4864

posted 01-01-2007 05:41 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Rex:
I'm gonna go out on a limb and say "Liberte'"

Not in August, 1949

Rich

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lasuvidaboy
First Class Passenger
Member # 4527

posted 01-01-2007 08:53 PM

It of course is the Ile. I see the small steel extensions on their sides (as well as the somewhat unique wings that both she and Liberte had at that time) and that was a givaway for me. Libertes stacks were shorter when she had those cool wings and much thicker.

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Cunard Fan
First Class Passenger
Member # 7530

posted 01-02-2007 12:02 AM

The thing that gave it away for me was how skiny the funnels are, and then how long they are in comparison.

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Brian_O
First Class Passenger
Member # 3910

posted 01-02-2007 01:57 AM

quote:
Originally posted by PamM:
The photo was apparently taken on 19 August 1949.
Pam

Pam:

Where did you find the date? I saw Her Nibs a lot on TV in the early 1950's and in that pic she looks a little older than I imagine she would have at age 30 in 1949. Of course it was a long time ago. One also cannot really go by the retouched photos used on album covers.

Brian

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 01-02-2007 04:27 AM

From boston.com. There are many websites wit this photo all stating Aug 1949, but I only found this one link stating the actual date.

Pam

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Brian_O
First Class Passenger
Member # 3910

posted 01-02-2007 01:27 PM

Thanks Pam.

Brian

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