Figureheads, Cunard RMS Berengaria, 1929 Vintage American Baked Alaska

Baked Alaska

Patrons sat in red leather banquettes in a wood-paneled dining room

Erroll Garner

” People came dressed in all their finery to see celebrities let their hair down in a fantasy jungle decorated with white palm trees

Figureheads, Cunard RMS Berengaria, 1929 Vintage American Baked AlaskaThis illustration, by famed naval artist William McDowell (1888 1950), shows figureheads from some of the more prominent ships throughout history, from a Roman attack boat, all the way to the Cutty Sark, which currently sits next to the river Thames at Greenwich, and operates as a tourist attraction. In its day, the RMS Berengaria was the pride of the Cunard fleet and sailed from the English port of Southampton to New York. It was known as the happy