Queen Mary Archives

 

The archives page presents a collection of rarely
seen and unpublished Queen Mary photos and stories.

Forward on Promenade Deck
A Leo Greene photo taken on the last great cruise of the Queen Mary in 1967. Leo Greene was the Administrative Assistant to the City Manager of Long Beach.

Typical 3rd Class cabin
Tourist Class (3rd class) passengers enjoyed delightful cabins like the one pictured above. Leo Greene Archives.

Queen Mary during conversion
Black and white press picture of the Queen Mary's forward engineroom and boiler room #5 during conversion to a convention hall and museum in the late 1960s.

This photograph of the stairs and escalators being installed illustrates the cavernous enormity of the vessel's interiors.

Queen Mary Paintchips

Two paint chips collected in 1968 when 300 tons of paint were sandblasted from the Queen Mary's hull and superstructure. Some of these paintchips were filed at an angle to show 105 layers of paint and fashioned into collectible articles such as paperweights and cuff links. Among the layers of paint was a thin gray line indicating her days as a troop transport vessel during WWII.

 Chips of paint from the liner, Queen Mary in Long Beach.

Message in Boiler Room #4.
Message written by crewmember on the Queen Mary's last voyage: "God Save the Queens. Let's get to Hell outta here".

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