Ukuthetha ngeenqanawa ezinomdla, kunye nohambo lokundwendwela bandixelele ibali le Ilifu loLwandle, inqanawa yobutofotofo eyathatha inxaxheba kwiMfazwe yesibini (II) yeHlabathi yaza yathengiswa kuMkhosi waselwandle waseUnited States ngexabiso lokomfuziselo ledola elinye, kodwa ngaphambi kokuba yenzeke le nto wayesele enohambo lobomi olunomdla kakhulu.
IMarjorie Merriweather Post, igama elinokungavakali ngathi liyinto kuwe, eyalelwa ngo-1931 "yeyona nqanawa intle ehlabathini" ngeCarrara marble, isilika zaseIndiya, i-porcelain yeSevres, iifolokhwe ezifakwe igolide, amaqanda eFabergé ... ukukunika umbono wokuba ngubani le ntokazi, ndiza kukunika icebiso, General Foods. Kodwa into endiyithandayo kukuxelela ibali lenqanawa.
I-Sea Cloud boatboat ziimitha ezili-109,5 ubude, ineeseyile ezingama-30, iimasti ezine, i-mainmast engama-54 kunye nabasebenzi bayo babunjwe ngabantu abangama-72. Ukususela ekuqaleni kwayo, yasungulwa ngo-1931, yayine-telegraph kunye nomnxeba, kunye nesibhedlele esincinci kunye negumbi elinomkhenkce.
Ngenxa yezizathu zobuqu (funda uqhawulo-mtshato kunye nomyeni omtsha) inqanawa iphelela eLeningrad, apho isetyenziswa njengekomkhulu elingaqhelekanga le-Embassy yaseMelika, kwaye kuwo amaqela aphezulu anikwa ubukhosi baseYurophu kunye nabanye abalinganiswa.
Njengoko benditshilo Ukulandela uhlaselo lwePearl Harbour, iLifu laseLwandle lithengiswa ngedola enye kwi-US Coast Guard kwaye yabizwa ngokuba yi-IX-99. Inkangeleko yayo yatshintsha kakhulu, yayipeyintwe ngwevu, yaphulukana neemasti zayo, iiporcelains zayo kunye nobunewunewu bayo.
Emva kweMfazwe yesibini (II) yeHlabathi, umniniyo, uMarjorie Merriweather, ubuyisa ubukhazikhazi bexesha elidlulileyo, kodwa kancinci. Ngo-1955 wayithengisa kuzwilakhe weRiphabhliki yaseDominican uRafael Leónidas Trujillo, owayibhaptiza uAngelita, ngembeko yenye yeentombi zakhe.
Ukusuka apha ukuya phambili kukho ezinye izinto ezinomdla kwaye ezimnyama ezijikeleze le nqanawa.
Ngeli xesha inqanawe yeyikaHerman Eble, umongameli wenkampani yeenqanawa iHansa Treunhand Group, eyathenga ngo-1993. Ukulungiswa ngokupheleleyo, sesinye sezikhephe zabucala, esinomtsalane kakhulu kunye nobukhazikhazi bokwenyani ... okanye bathi, kuba abandimemanga ebhodini.