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Article: Art Deco Festival aboard Queen Mary this weekend
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- Press-Telegram Long Beach, CA.
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- September 2, 2009
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LONG BEACH - Whether it's strolling around in a smoking jacket
while watching a silent movie or sitting in on lectures on art deco
architecture or the golden age of travel and fashions of the art
deco period, the fifth annual Queen Mary Art Deco Festival will have
plenty to fill the art deco lover's heart.
About 500 aficionados from across the United States and even
Europe are expected to convene on the historic ocean liner Friday
through Sunday for a weekend of all things deco.
The event is the brainchild of local historian John Thomas, and
if you've been to his house, you know the man knows deco, the
festival has grown in scope and interest each year since it
premiered in 2005.
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