terça-feira, 2 de abril de 2019

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EDITOR: VANDERLAN NADER (notorious magazine) EMAIL: vnader31@gmail.com

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Do 'palácio flutuante' ao ferro-velho: imagens fascinantes da SS Normandie
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The SS Normandie is anchored and visited by a U.S. mail ship as she waits to enter New York harbour, with the iconic skyline of Manhattan just visible through the fog of the sea. Some 100,000 people are thought to have lined New York harbour to witness the rapid ship coming into dock
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The ship's crew of 1,345 pose for the obligatory company photo in Le Havre harbour before setting sail on the historic maiden voyage which would break the record for the fastest crossing of the Atlantic. The machinery of the top deck was concealed so that passengers could enjoy the exposed deck space without their view being obscured
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Guests of the SS Normandie chat before dinner in the foyer of deck B dressed to the nines, the men wearing dinner jackets, while the women wear the flapper dresses of the era. As they prepare to enter, a waiter can be seen cracking open the colossal 20ft doors to the dining area to check on dinner preparations
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One of the luxury First Class apartments, featuring plush carpets and furniture in decadent crushed velvet with a baby grand piano to cater for the whims of the musical guests. The majority of the passengers were First Class and this gave the SS Normandie a reputation as being exclusively for the rich and famous
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The First Class dining room, longer than the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles and able to seat 700. It was illuminated by Lalique glass lighting and decorated with gilded bronze wall panels by Louis Dejean. Guests entered through 20ft tall doors decorated with bronze medallions designed by Raymond Stubes.
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The cafe grill was a space for more casual dining and refreshments during the day, but would be cleared in the evening for dancing and served as the ship's nightclub, where the Jazz music of the 1930s could be heard late into the night. A large grand piano tinkled during the day time, but at night a razzle dazzle line up would perform for the guests
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The Grand Salon is plushly fitted with gilded sofas and chairs which were adorned with tapestries and flowers to illustrate the prowess of the French colonies. The four corners of the colossal lounge area, where guests could quaff refreshments and smoke cigarettes, were fitted with glass panel murals by the French painter and designer Jean Dupas - an entire corner is held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York
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The promenade deck, featuring a high ceiling and light fixtures of opulent marble short columns, elegant sofas and armchairs with sweeping modern curved lines and across the wall a huge mural dedicated to a Norman battle scene. The Hilton Chicago was inspired by the decor of the ship and features its own public lounge and promenade filled with original panels and furniture from the famous vessel
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The Smoking Salon where guests could relax on sofas and armchairs after dinner and dancing. The salon was adjoined to the cafe grill - which transformed to the ship's nightclub in the evenings. It featured large mural panels which depicted life in ancient Egypt, a classic source of exotic inspiration for designers of the Art Deco era.
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A private bar on board the ship featuring cutting edge interior design, a timeless and elegant interpretation of the Art Deco period. Like the concord many years later, it was not just extremely fast, but it was held high as a symbol of wealth and prestige for those who travelled in style
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The children's playroom on The Normandie. The children had a dining room decorated by Jean de Brunhoff - the author of the Babar books - whose beloved Babar the Elephant and his friends appeared across the walls.
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Children can be seen splashing in the First Class swimming pool while other bathers sit on the staggered ledges at the sides of the pool. There was a bar at one end and a shallow beach area for children at the other. As well as being functional, the pool area is decorated with tiles and its walls are contoured with the luxurious styles of the Art Deco period.
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Women practice some acrobatics on mats in the First Class gym, while men go through their paces on the exercise bikes and two others take turns boxing the speed ball. The walls are decorated with large paintings to inspire the First Class guests to keep fit, with golfers on one wall and a cross-country skier on the other.
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A large broad staircase lushly surrounded with plants and leading up to a large statue of a female which looks like the setting of a museum or concert hall rather than a boat. One of her first passengers was English photographer Percy Byron, who took these stunning images on the historic maiden voyage which saw it win the coveted Blue Riband for the fastest crossing of the Atlantic
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The foyer of the promenade deck with stunning wrought iron shrouding the elevator shaft and forming the barriers to the foyer's balcony. An elegant Art Deco print can be seen across the floor with thick lines leading to a cubed centre, above it the high circular ceiling is decorated with a thin tile strip wrapping it.
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The sliding door to the chapel in First Class decorated with a mural of a mounted Norman knight surrounded by forest foliage. Many of the paintings and decorations on board made reference to Normandy after the name of the vessel. The large voluminous spaces of the boat were made possible by the ship's funnel intakes split to run along the sides of the ship rather than through it
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The grand staircase leading to the sliding door of the ship's chapel, with thick cuboid columns, marble panels set into the walls and steel banisters. The circular light fittings give the ship's interior a futuristic style and are combined with the antiquated mural of the Norman knight for a unique design
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A table in the Dining Salon is surrounded by opulent marble wall panels and a sculpted mural in the wall representing the Norman history of the ship's namesake. The coat of arms of the Norman kings can be seen featuring the fleur-de-lis, while peasants can be seen picking grapes from the vines and pressing them in large barrels
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Men and women relax in the ship's barber shop. The Normandie was rarely at more than around 60 percent of her overall capacity and she never repaid on the loans which made her construction feasible. Rather than shell out on a journey on the opulently decorated vessel most looking to cross the Atlantic opted for the more practical Queen Mary
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The First Class terrace which featured classy light fittings so that guests could come out and enjoy a sea breeze at any time of the day or night. After the ship was commandeered by the US in World War Two it suffered tragedy with work almost complete for its military refurbishment a spark from a welder's torch ignited a bale of lifejackets and the liner was destroyed in the blaze. What was left of her was towed to Brooklyn Navy Yard and eventually scrapped.
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A view over the stern shows the skyline of New York and hundreds of lifeboats tied to the sides of the ship. The stunning images have emerged for sale with auction house Canterbury Auction Galleries, of Kent, with an estimate of £600.
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All hands on deck: The captain and his crew survey the high seas from the bridge. Under the guidance of Captain Rene Pugnet the maiden voyage of the SS Normandie on May 29 1935 set sail from Le Havre and reached New York after four days, three hours and 14 minutes - she broke speed records for both the western and the eastern crossing on the way home
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Two mechanics survey the pressure gauges in the engine room. It featured an innovative turbo-electric transmission, with turbo-generators  and electric motors designed by Alsthom of Belfort. An early form of radar was also added to the vessel to help prevent crashes
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Crew attend to the radio systems in one of the wireless rooms. When the name Normandie was chosen for the boat, they neither stipulated whether this was La Normandie (feminine) or Le Normandie (masculine). In French, as opposed to in English, ships are referred to as masculine, but they wanted their vessel to appeal to an American clientele so they used a neutral name of simply Normandie
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A valet holds a poodle on a leash in the ship's kennels, where many guests were able to house their beloved pets for the trip across the Atlantic. The third stack of the SS Normandie was a dummy to balance the look of the massive vessel, but the floor was practical and housed the air conditioning system as well as the kennels.
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Around 200,000 gathered along the shipyard at Saint Nazaire on the northwest coast of France for the launching of the SS Normandie into the Loire River in October 1932. She was christened by Madame Marguerite Lebrun, the wife of the then President of France, Albert Lebrun. Three years later she would make her maiden voyage from Le Havre on the north coast in the Channel across the Atlantic to New York.
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An automobile elevator is used to load a car onto the hulking ship at the dock in Le Havre  car is loaded onto the huge ship.The SS Normandie made 139 crossings before she was confiscated by the Americans at the advent of World War Two. After Pearl Harbour was attacked by the Japanese, she was renamed USS Lafayette and converted into a troop ship.
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The SS Normandie burning in New York Harbour in February 1942. Sparks from a welding torch are said to have ignited life vests which were highly flammable causing the fire to spread rapidly. The SS Normandie was commandeered by the US Navy when World War Two began and work was planned to convert it into a troop ship called the USS Lafeyette, but those plans were scuppered early into the work when the fire began
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