100 years ago this week, mankind’s most luxurious ocean liner, the RMS Titanic, sailed from Southampton, England. After stopping in Cobh, Ireland, Titanic steamed eastward for America until an iceberg struck her down.
Out of 2,200 passengers, 1,500 souls perished.
With one stroke of fate, and obedience, Browne and his wonderful photographs survived for you to explore:
The “Titanic Special” train traves from Waterloo to Southampton.
A ship’s officer walks along “A” Deck. Did this man survive?
A First Class Stateroom.
The First Class Dining Room.
Historians believe this man to be Jacques Futrelle, an American writer of short stories who perished abord the ship. Sadly unaware of his impending need for the life boat behind him.
Browne’s final photo of the doomed ship, sailing into the history books. This is the last surviving photograph of Titanic until the wreckage was found on September 1, 1985.
Really makes you think, doesn’t it?
A time capsule into a world gone by. They remind me a sidewalk I pass occasionally. There’s nothing inherently special about it, but someone — children or teenagers, perhaps — scribbled a couple names and the date before the concrete dried. The date? A mere two weeks before September 11, 2001. So, in a roundabout way, these historical Titanic photos feel akin to what it’s like looking at the New York skyline photographs from September 10.
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Now that we’ve taken a moment to be reverential, let’s lighten up the mood a little. Here’s another “tragedy” (of the educational variety) that will hopefully make you chuckle. I give you, People Tweeting After Finding out Titanic is REAL despite access to Google and the opening scene in the movie where they show footage of the wreckage:
