Ships Through the Ages: Ultra-Modern Liner - "Queen Mary"

King, Frederic Leonard, 1879-1947 · 1934–1935

Completed in 1936, the Queen Mary was a colossal ship in both size and cost. It was an extraordinary example of modern shipbuilding and was built in response to similar express super-liners constructed in Germany, Italy, and France in the 1920s and 1930s. The interior of the Queen Mary ultra-liner featured state of the art facilities: indoor swimming pools, libraries, a music studio and lecture hall, beauty salons, and grand dining halls outfitted in Art Deco designs.