President Jackson, President Monroe, President Hayes (1940, 1941)
And yes! You'll notice the photos of the mural entries are a bit skewed. Over the years, photos, when stored on edge in a file folder, will bend and acquire an annoying curl. This situation will be rectified in the near future, but you'll get the idea of what was intended. But know this, the last time some of these competition entries were published was back in 1941.
ARTIST ROSTER - President Jackson
Adelaide Briggs, Ada Rasario Cecere, Willem de Kooning, Lydia Gardner Orme, Jean Swiggett
ARTIST ROSTER - President Monroe
Philip Guston, Allan D. Jones, Jr., Hildreth Meiere, R. Phillips Sanderson, David Swasey
ARTIST ROSTER - President Hayes
Karl Baumann, Bernard Perlin, Elsa Vick Shaw, Aldren A. Watson
BASIC STATS
Length: 492' | Beam: 69.5' | Passengers: 96
9,255 gross tons | Speed: 16.5 knots
Newly launched, tugs escort the Jackson to her fitting out berth.
Sitting in dry dock, the President Jackson is getting checked out before a voyage.
The other etched glass dining room mural; this one by Elsa Vick Shaw. There were issues with the finish, and Bernard Perlin, who was at the shipyard tending to his spandrels and library mural, was asked to paint the back of the glass. The mural was ultimately used in the President Polk. The circular panels were not executed.
Newly launched, tugs escort the Jackson to her fitting out berth.