Virtually every maritime nation with any pretensions to grandeur had to see its flag flying on at least one great liner. Immigration fueled the era. The liners’ lower decks (traveling steerage it was called) were jammed with people fleeing the Old World for the New. But three quarters of their vast space was reserved for the upperclasses, the rich, the royal, the famous. For them, the passage on a great liner was a week long gala in a palatial grand hotel. Decks ablaze with light, promenades as wide as city streets, all of this made to move upon the stormy seas, leaning against eternity, and the great welter of the Atlantic at 24 knots. With their great funnels cut sharp and dark against the veining sky, the liner was crossing the Atlantic with a fierce, exultant vitality. The collection of six brass 1st Class Cabin keychains feature old time Liner’s Logo. The handmade enameled medallions are set in solid brass turned discs and come handsomely package.
