Posted by Bill Walden on January 02, 2000 at 08:19:34 in 63.27.242.196:
In Reply to: Re: dome glass again posted by Dan Cherry on December 29, 1999 at 15:50:55:
Dan,
I took the liberty of forwarding this message on to George Behe (who you referenced) to see if he might have anything to contribute. He told me he really doesn't have much interest in the technical aspects of how the ship was built, etc. He is mostly just interested in the human & history side of things. He said in his opinion the best course of action was to pursue the Ken Marschall aspect to try to find how he came to portray the dome in his paintings. Personally, I think it was probably nearly identical to the one on the Olympic of which many pictures exist. The only part I question is the chandelier which I have never seen in ANY pictures.
George also says he drops into the site every 10 days or so and just reads the titles that catch his attention. He doesn't read everything. He did ask me to forward any future posts that I thought he might be interested in to help make sure he doesn't miss something he should have seen.
Hope this helps, just wanted to let all know what George had to say.
Sincerely,
Bill Walden
: 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