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Topic: BREMEN of 1959 - Interior Pics?

Rex
First Class Passenger
Member # 1113

posted 08-12-2008 04:37 PM

I've yet to see any - does anyone have some?

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Linerrich
First Class Passenger
Member # 4864

posted 08-12-2008 05:37 PM

Here are a few--
Tourist Class Smoke Room:

Tourist Class Lounge & Ballroom:

Rich

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desirod7
First Class Passenger
Member # 1626

posted 08-12-2008 06:11 PM

I love it!

It reminds me of the SS United States/Le France with wood and some whimsy.

1929-1966 is my favorite period of ship interiors.

Here is a house of a similar time and genre

[ 08-12-2008: Message edited by: desirod7 ]

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Linerrich
First Class Passenger
Member # 4864

posted 08-12-2008 06:19 PM

quote:
Originally posted by desirod7:
I love it!
It reminds me of the SS United States/Le France with wood and some whimsy.
]

Yes, even the etched glass panels around the ballroom dance floor are reminiscent of Big U and the AMERICA.

Rich

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tg_lindo
First Class Passenger
Member # 806

posted 08-12-2008 06:22 PM

WOW! I am altering the course settings on my time machine and will be off to the Bremen as soon as I brush up on my German. Will it be possible to combine this journey with a Westbound crossing to attend the 1964 NYC World's Fair?

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Rex
First Class Passenger
Member # 1113

posted 08-12-2008 09:48 PM

I don't know, the striped sofas leave me a bit cold. But thanks so much for posting them Linerrich...

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NAL
First Class Passenger
Member # 1102

posted 08-12-2008 10:08 PM

I was on the Bremen once, 1971 or '72, with a German friend from New Rochelle, NY. It was a great cruise. As I think back, it was very traditional and seemed very deluxe to me. The striped furniture was popular on German ships of the time. I remember it also on the Hamburg. HAL's Statendam ['57] also had striped furniture in its original decor. Thanks for sharing those pictures. I had forgotten how comfy a ship she was.

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Rex
First Class Passenger
Member # 1113

posted 08-13-2008 11:23 PM

What about cabins/dining rooms, etc?

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desirod7
First Class Passenger
Member # 1626

posted 08-13-2008 11:47 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Rex:
What about cabins/dining rooms, etc?

Rewind

year 1971 St Thomas Virgin Islands

As an 11yo I knew she was something special.

She was there tendered near Queen Anna Maria-which I was sailing, Federico C in port, and the Michelangelo and Leo Da Vinci all next to QAM. I was infatuatuated with the Bremen and a woman who was on her said to me " if you jog the promenade deck 10 times it is a mile" That was her total insight to the ship.
She today 40 years later would have been on the Carnival Colostomy or the Norwegian Dranamine.

I have a pic of the Bremen my Dad took on 35mm slide.

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NAL
First Class Passenger
Member # 1102

posted 08-14-2008 09:37 AM

Sorry, Rex, I can not remember the dining room....or rooms. Our cabin was spacious and had a tub bath as I remember. We had a stormy day returning to NYC and I remember she "rode" well. As I said earlier, she seemed, from my young eyes, to be a bit formal and traditional. Excellent food stands out in my memory.

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linerguy
First Class Passenger
Member # 4289

posted 08-14-2008 10:22 AM

Found this image of her dining room...sorry it's black and white.

-Russ

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Linerrich
First Class Passenger
Member # 4864

posted 08-14-2008 10:45 AM

Poor quality, but here's a photo of her First Class Lounge:

And Tourist Class Dining Room:

Rich

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Rex
First Class Passenger
Member # 1113

posted 08-14-2008 01:17 PM

Again with the stripes? LOL. Her interiors were actually quite attractive, although the ceilings seem a tad on the low side - something I recall reading about in Fifty Famous Liners 2 during her wartime trooping days.

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Lubber
First Class Passenger
Member # 13710

posted 08-14-2008 02:43 PM

Was there a refit at some point? Some of those look period-correct to 1959, but some of the paneling in the tourist class ballroom, and especially the lava-lampish magenta-on-black carpet in the tourist class dining room, look very late '60s psych-mod.

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Linerrich
First Class Passenger
Member # 4864

posted 08-14-2008 02:56 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Lubber:
Was there a refit at some point? Some of those look period-correct to 1959, but some of the paneling in the tourist class ballroom, and especially the lava-lampish magenta-on-black carpet in the tourist class dining room, look very late '60s psych-mod.

The dining room photo was taken in 1971--the other photos date from 1959/1960.

Rich

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Rex
First Class Passenger
Member # 1113

posted 08-14-2008 02:59 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Linerrich:
The dining room photo was taken in 1971--the other photos date from 1959/1960.
Rich

Thanks for posting these pics, Linerrich. I shudder to think what happened to them after she went over to Chandris. I'm also at a loss as to why they never replaced those inept turbines with diesels either - definitely would have extended her life.

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Maasdam
First Class Passenger
Member # 3858

posted 08-14-2008 03:31 PM

quote:
Originally posted by NAL:
I was on the Bremen once, 1971 or '72, with a German friend from New Rochelle, NY. It was a great cruise. As I think back, it was very traditional and seemed very deluxe to me. The striped furniture was popular on German ships of the time. I remember it also on the Hamburg. HAL's Statendam ['57] also had striped furniture in its original decor. Thanks for sharing those pictures. I had forgotten how comfy a ship she was.

Love the interior pictures. The Bremen was a very handsome Liner here looks improved after the Germans rebuild here. They did an amazing job as they did with the Hanseatic.

Here a picture of Statendam observation lounge with similar style decor.

Greetings Ben.

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Linerrich
First Class Passenger
Member # 4864

posted 08-14-2008 04:37 PM

Sitting room of a First Class stateroom on BREMEN. More stripes, again, typical of German and Dutch liners of the '50s:

Rich

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desirod7
First Class Passenger
Member # 1626

posted 08-14-2008 06:41 PM

Celebrity Mille class Rendezvous Lounge

similar decor

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