aquitania

Likely the wife of Martin Beck (July 31, 1868 – November 16, 1940). Beck was a "vaudeville theatre owner and manager, and theatrical booking agent, who founded the Orpheum Circuit, and built the Palace and Martin Beck Theatres in New York City's Broadway Theatre District." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Beck_(vaudeville) The Omaha daily bee., March 24, 1921, Page 5, col. 2 reported that Beck, accompanied by his wife sailed for London for an extended tour of the European continent, including Paris and Rome, in search ot novelties to be booked on the circuit in America. chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn99021999/1921-03-24/ed-... He sailed on the Aquitania, s. The Rock Island Argus and daily union., March 22, 1921, Page 9, col. 3 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn92053933/1921-03-22/ed-...

The photo was likely taken on April 30, 1921, when she returned from Europe on the Aquitania, together with Mrs. Wendell Phillips (depicted in a photo nearby), s. New-York tribune., May 01, 1921, Page 12, col. 1 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1921-05-01/ed-...

Thanks B-59 for all the pieces to put it together. Thank goodness for the Aquitania hint with these related photos, we've been able to find out a lot about these passengers!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/77th_Sustainment_Brigade en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Aquitania The vanguard of the 77th (Liberty) division arrived on April 24, 1919 aboard the Aquitania in New York from Brest. Evening star., April 24, 1919, Page 13, col. 4 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1919-04-24/ed-...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Thomas_Turner William Thomas Turner (October 23, 1856 - June 23, 1933) was the Captain of the RMS Lusitania when it was sunk by a German torpedo in May 1915.

this could also be taken when he captained the Aquitania on her maiden voyage On 30 May 1914. As Commodore for Cunard, he also captained Mauretania and Lusitania on their maiden voyages. The air intakes behind him could be the Aquitania, or possibly Lusitania after her original caps had been torn off by storms and replaced with this more conventional style later in her career. (Or Mauretania at any time) However their apparent closeness most resembles the pair aside Aquitania's #1 funnel. see the photo:

I scanned the negative for a date but can't discern one.

rmslusitania.info/pages/deck_crew/turner_wt.html#commodore

Date, 6/5/14, is on right side of photo.

Thanks Wystan for the date, which probably puts Captain Turner on board the Aquitania. Thank you nudecowboy for the photo of the Aquitania model. We will include additional information about Captain Turner to the description when we update.

See www.flickr.com/photos/tags/rmsaquitania/ for more pictures of the Aquitania.