Nieuw Amsterdam : Library. 1938.

LIBRARY and CARD ROOM: Abaft the Grand Hall are the Library and Card Room, which flank the connecting glass paneled corridor leading to the Smoking and Ritz-Carlton rooms. Decorated in black and silver, with a note of maroon here and there, Wijdeveld, the architect, has included in each a painting by Joan Collette. In the Library, the theme is the ties of commerce which bind The United States and The Netherlands. In the Card Room, the artist has used the appurtenances of parlor games for his models. The attractive library survived intact as late as 1965; however, by 1972 it had been converted to the ship’s news stand and tobacco shop.