Sunday, November 26, 2006

In case of emergency, your seat cushion can be used as a flotation device.

Just happened upon this very creepy photo essay of the Titanic, with pictures taken as she embarked on her maiden, and only, voyage.

Is it just my own colored hindsight, or is there something particularly sinister looking about this ship?
The photographs were taken by an Irish theology student, Frank Brown. He was there expressly to document only the first leg of the voyage, from England to Ireland. An American millionaire generously offered to pay for Frank to continue on to New York, but his Jesuit superiors would not allow it.
In addition to photos of the Titanic, documents and news clippings related to the disaster are chronicled in the essay. Go look; be fascinated.
Titanic Photographs

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