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Rex
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posted 11-18-2007 04:35 AM      Profile for Rex     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I hope you guys can see this. This is one of American Export Lines 2nd generation "Four Aces" cargoliners.....

http://www.comcast.net/providers/fan/popup.html?v=596161047&pl=596031848.xml&launchpoint=Cover&cid=fancover&attr=default_headline&config=/config/common/fan/default.xml&cvqh=ht_ship reef


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posted 11-18-2007 08:16 AM      Profile for Garnett   Email Garnett   Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Unfortunately, it asks me to login...

Garnett


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PamM
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posted 11-18-2007 08:26 AM      Profile for PamM   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Yes for me as well. The Texas Parks sire was doing a round-up of the events, but it has not been updated as she has now actually sunk. I hope they add some pictures/video clips at some point. I had a Google around some news sites but photos are few and not good, and not found a clip yet, which is may what this link is of?

Pam


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dmwnc1
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posted 11-18-2007 01:09 PM      Profile for dmwnc1   Email dmwnc1   Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I hope you can see this...quite interesting:

HERE

HERE

HERE

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Rex
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posted 11-18-2007 08:07 PM      Profile for Rex     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Does anyone have interior pics of the Excambion or her sisters when they were combo liners?
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posted 11-18-2007 10:06 PM      Profile for joe at travelpage   Author's Homepage   Email joe at travelpage   Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
quote:
Originally posted by PamM:
Yes for me as well. The Texas Parks sire was doing a round-up of the events, but it has not been updated as she has now actually sunk...
Pam

Interesting discovery -


Clipper’s Last Secret Revealed: Saul Steinberg Mural

In 1948, artist Saul Steinberg, whose cartoon-map View of the World from 9th Avenue may be the most famous cover ever to grace New Yorker magazine, drew a 20-foot wide cartoon mural for the cocktail bar aboard the Excambion. In the 1970s when interior designers “remuddled” the room aboard what was then the Texas Clipper, the mural was believed destroyed.

But in January 2007, as the ship was being prepared for reefing, the “lost” mural was found. All these years, it had been hiding under layers of wallpaper, paint and bolts. Some of the overlay has been peeled back to reveal exciting portions of the mural - including lively images of passengers, ships, the Manhattan skyline and the Statue of Liberty. Experts are now trying to determine how much of this damaged work of art can be restored.


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dmwnc1
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posted 11-19-2007 12:25 AM      Profile for dmwnc1   Email dmwnc1   Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
It's the first clip on the above post of mine...

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Originally posted by joe at travelpage:

Interesting discovery -


Clipper’s Last Secret Revealed: Saul Steinberg Mural

In 1948, artist Saul Steinberg, whose cartoon-map View of the World from 9th Avenue may be the most famous cover ever to grace New Yorker magazine, drew a 20-foot wide cartoon mural for the cocktail bar aboard the Excambion. In the 1970s when interior designers “remuddled” the room aboard what was then the Texas Clipper, the mural was believed destroyed.

But in January 2007, as the ship was being prepared for reefing, the “lost” mural was found. All these years, it had been hiding under layers of wallpaper, paint and bolts. Some of the overlay has been peeled back to reveal exciting portions of the mural - including lively images of passengers, ships, the Manhattan skyline and the Statue of Liberty. Experts are now trying to determine how much of this damaged work of art can be restored.



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posted 11-19-2007 07:50 PM      Profile for dmwnc1   Email dmwnc1   Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Pictures of her in tow and sinking:


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