Posted by Dan Cherry on December 29, 1999 at 15:50:55 in 209.130.145.142 :
In Reply to: Re: dome glass again posted by Matt Levi on December 29, 1999 at 15:08:10:
Matt,
I think James has the best bet for finding any possible advertisements, since he has access to Engineering magazine. I would think that ordinary magazines would not have a glass dome ad - the only Titanic-referenced ad I have seen is the famous Vinolia Otto Toilet Soap ad. Ken Marschall must have had some photo or diagram to refer to for his GSC painting, which shows a fancy chandelier at the apex of the dome. As Mark said,, too, the source might be through some collector who does not wish to share information, or perhaps some rare Olympic-class photo that shows the entire dome structure. The answer to this puzzle isn't in any currently published book - this is going to take some digging in archives and rare publications. I am wondering if George Behe or the THS would know of any source to consider? In the meantime, I would have to trust Ken Marschall's GSC painting and that in this level of research he was fairly accurate in this illustration.
Regards,
Dan