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AMERICA.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFirst, the menus. Dated August 17 and 19, the menus are the deluxe versions with fold-out art panels. Artwork featured on the 17th was a section of Constantin Alajalov's \"The Night Club\", found on the ceiling of the First Class Cocktail Lounge. The fold-out on the 19th highlighted Griffith Baily Coale's \"The Family Tree\", a mural showing the evolution of ship designs found in the Library and Writing Rooms.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"The Ocean Press\" newspapers cover five of the seven days of the crossing. Newsy items include rioting at a Canadian penitentiary and the sale by Alaska Steamship of the VICTORIA, the oldest ship in the American Merchant Marine that first sailed as Cunard's PARTHIA in 1870. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAds include John Wayne hyping Camels and an invite to \"take your place in the sun\" in the glistening new apartment building at 220 Central Park South. Half a century later tenants in the rent-stabilized building unsuccessfully fought off demolition. Today the site is home to one of those super-skinny skyscrapers along Billionaires' Row.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVery good condition."}