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Twin-screw propeller of new Cunard Liner ‘Queen Elizabeth II’. 1967
Photo: Terrence Spencer/Time Life
SS Nieuw Amsterdam lithograph poster from 1954, by Reyn Dirksen
The Nieuw Amsterdam was a Dutch ocean liner built in Rotterdam for the Holland America Line. This Nieuw Amsterdam, the second of four Holland America ships with that name, is considered by many to have been Holland America’s finest ship.
Originally she was to be named Prinsendam, however during construction, Holland America Line decided to name their new flagship Nieuw Amsterdam, in honor of the Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam, modern day New York.
Wesley Morse, Pencil, pen and ink and gouache on stationery, 7.25 x 10.75in.
• How It Seemed To Talk With You Today — Wednesday Night, 1922-23(?)
• To Late (sic) — Thursday Night, 1922-23(?)
Although the majority of the drawings in the collection are stand-alone gags, there are three sets of two-panel sequential pages. This is a splendid example, with Morse cleverly utilizing the tossed life preserver as a unifying visual and story element. Also, There is a poignant undertone here, a sense of longing and loss, present through much of his illustrated correspondence with Avonne.
(via thewidowflannigan)
