Photograph of steerage passengers standing on the bow of a ship. Ship equipment occupies the foreground. Rope sits coiled on the deck at right and large machinery sits on the deck at left. Rigging lines crisscross over the deck and 2 masts hover over the deck at center. A sailor, left-of-center, sits atop the equipment with his back to the camera. Behind and to the left of him, a button-down shirt hangs from a hook. A couple men stand on the deck at center, behind the sailor. Several others stand along the bow's rails. Four stand at starboard and more stand in the background at center, looking over the bow.
Photograph of a couple Native American children wearing life jackets while standing on the promenade deck of a ship during a safety drill. A boy (left) and young girl (right) stand, left-of-center, wearing life jackets. Both look to the camera as they stand on the promenade deck with other passengers. The ship's covered promenade extends behind them and to the left. A guardrail lines the right side of the promenade. Behind and to the right of the children, an older girl in a life jacket stands at the rail with her back towards the camera. The ship's wake is visible in the background over the right side of the ship.
Photograph of H. H. West wearing a life jacket while standing alongside a rail on the promenade deck of a ship. H. H. stands at center wearing a life jacket. He looks towards the camera and rests an arm on a guardrail at right. The ship's covered promenade extends behind him and into the distance. Windows line the cabin that stretches alongside it at left. The guardrail lines the right side of the promenade. Wake from the ship is visible in the background at right.
Photograph of the ship's observation lounge as viewed from a deck below on the bow. A few ship cabins are viewed at an angle from the front (or bow), looking abaft. They sit off-center to the left. The cabins stand 3 decks tall. Portholes line the lowest deck. A rail lines the promenade that passes across the front of the second deck (observation lounge). The observation lounge is lined by windows and sits recessed between a lower and upper deck. The upper deck contains a cabin at center that is lined by portholes. Observation areas extend to the right and left of the upper cabin. In the background, a portion of a funnel is visible billowing dark smoke.
Photograph of crew members partaking in a fire drill on the promenade deck of the ship as passengers mill about in life jackets. The scene is viewed from an elevated angle. The deck's guard rail stretches vertically through the image at center on an angle from right to left. The promenade deck extends to the left of the rail. A few passengers wearing life jacks stand on the promenade at left. A hose winds down the deck towards crew members in life jackets. Crew members stand along the rail at center and hold the hose over the right side of the rail. It sprays water out into the ocean. The wake of the ship flows at right.
Photograph of Mertie West wearing a life jacket while standing alongside a rail on the promenade deck of a ship. Mertie stands at center wearing a life jacket. She faces towards the camera and rests an arm on a guardrail as she looks out at the ocean to the right. The ship's covered promenade extends behind her and into the distance. Windows line the cabin that stretches alongside it at left. The guardrail lines the right side of the promenade. Wake from the ship is visible in the background at right.
