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Other Bain/LOC photos of the IMPERATOR in New York harbor: www.flickr.com/search/?w=8623220@N02&q=imperator&...

NYT of August 29, 1913 query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C04E6DC113CE633A... indicates that the day before (August 28, 1913 as on the negative), there had been a fire in s storeroom and a young officer was killed

Swanq: Thanks. We'll add the date next time we update the record.

I was going to comment that back in the day, apparently fire was smokeless and the firefighters wore suits. But it appears this photographer came early to the fire. I guess its better than being late... Love the old photos!

The eagle was later removed and she chnaged to US and the UK owners and changed her name see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperator_%28ship%29

The eagle's wings were torn off during an Atlantic storm, in early 1914. Rather than restore them, the company removed the entire figurehead.

Picture of figurehead (or possibly of a model) with wings:

and one that is definitely on the ship

The damage was on a trans-Atlantic crossing from Bremen to New York, arriving in New York on March 19, 1914. See next day's NYT: query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30716FD3A5B13738...

Thanks all, for your information on the figurehead and when it was damaged. We will add some of it to the image description when we update.

Mischa Elman, 1891-1967, aka Mikhail Saulovich Elman or Moishe Elman, Ukrainian/American violinist, aboard the Berengaria setting off on an 8 month tour of Europe. Though Elman met his future wife, Helen, aboard the Berengaria on this passage the woman with him is probably his sister and accompanist Liza. See and