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The Way It Used to Be

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A diver over the boat deck
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Looking aft from midships
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Looking forward from midships
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Famous Gimbel's Hole
( Now more like Gimbel's Smudge. )
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Looking out from Gimbel's Hole
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Inside the Promenade
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Looking out from the promenade
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The Second Class Gift Shop cash register
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The break at the forward Winter Garden
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The Andrea Doria regularly yielded up bags of china to those who are capable and qualified to go after it
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Gary Gentile with a vase he recovered
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Coffee service for 30
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Close-up of a beautiful coffee mug
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Soup bowls bearing the Italia line insignia
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How to restore and preserve your find
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Brass-framed windows from the first-class promenade
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Silver coffee pitchers and trays
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Tonnage King
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Silverware. Black oxidation is easily removed, restoring the original shine

Photos courtesy of Dan Crowell

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I took a look at Dutch Springs on Google Earth, and it is pretty much all gone, as you can see above. All the buildings have been torn down. Sad. The plans to re-open are delayed by construction.

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