Author Topic: The Queen Mary collection onboard QE2 (heritage trail)  (Read 1976 times)

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Online Lynda Bradford

The Queen Mary Collection G Stairwell Landing

This showcase (installed in 1994 as part of the Heritage Trail) contained artifacts from Queen Mary (1936) including a model (from the Ritz Hotel in London), lifebelt, various menus and brochures.

Michael Gallagher has provided the following information and photo.


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- Bronze Maiden Voyage Medallion. 3,000 were made in 1936 and the last few were sold on her Last Voyage in 1967, at 5/-d (25p) each. Item missing in June 2005.

- Launch Brochure, 26 September 1934.

- Engineering Reprint, 1936.

- Brochure issued in 1936 showing interior aluminium motifs and a pastel frieze. Only the best artists and designers were commissioned for Queen Mary.

- Maiden Voyage Paper Napkin.

- Maiden Voyage Matchbook.

- Brochure showing her at sea (1936).

- Gangway Life Belt. This was one of two used for photographing passengers on board. On loan from the Ocean Liner Museum, New York.

- Ship Model.

- Illustrated Book on her interiors given to First Class passengers (1950s).

- On board Notepaper from the Library and Writing room.

- Souvenir Postcard given away by the Bureau.

- Souvenir Postcard (c1937)

- Luggage Label (c1936).

- Inside front page of a 1950s book given to First Class passengers.

- Some of the book’s inside pages.

- Menu for a voyage in 1959. Breakfast 31 August 1959.

- Menu for a voyage in 1959.

- Menu for a voyage in 1959.

- Menu for a voyage in 1959.

- Daily Programme (1959).

- Leisure Activities Programme (1959).

- Events Programme (1959).
I was proud to be involved with planning QE2's 50 year conference in September 2017 in Clydebank