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May 19 2012
Seine
Ran ashore in Perran Bay (Perranporth), December 28th, 1900.
This beautiful ship was a French ‘bounty clipper’ - so called because
a government subsidy to French ship-owners allowed them to build
for elegance rather than more mundane qualities. The crew got off
in heavy seas. By dawn the next day she was dismasted and on her
beam-ends, and broke up on the next flood-tide. Two weeks later the
hulk of this celebrated barque was bought for only £42.
Ran ashore in Perran Bay (Perranporth), December 28th, 1900.
This beautiful ship was a French ‘bounty clipper’ - so called because
a government subsidy to French ship-owners allowed them to build
for elegance rather than more mundane qualities. The crew got off
in heavy seas. By dawn the next day she was dismasted and on her
beam-ends, and broke up on the next flood-tide. Two weeks later the
hulk of this celebrated barque was bought for only £42.
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Mildred
Struck under Gurnard’s Head in thick fog at midnight, April 6th, 1912.
She was carrying slag from Newport to London. When she began to
pound broadside on, the captain and crew launched a boat and rowed
along the cliffs to St Ives. The Mildred, Cornish built and owned,
was launched in 1889.
Struck under Gurnard’s Head in thick fog at midnight, April 6th, 1912.
She was carrying slag from Newport to London. When she began to
pound broadside on, the captain and crew launched a boat and rowed
along the cliffs to St Ives. The Mildred, Cornish built and owned,
was launched in 1889.
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River Lune
Struck in fog and at night just south of Annet (Scillies), July 27th, 1879 -
the same day as the Maipu. The master later blamed a faulty
chronometer, since he had believed himself fifteen miles to the west.
The ship heeled and sunk aft in the first ten minutes. The crew took
to their boats, but returned in daylight to collect their belongings.
This barque was only eleven years old. She broke up soon afterwards.
Struck in fog and at night just south of Annet (Scillies), July 27th, 1879 -
the same day as the Maipu. The master later blamed a faulty
chronometer, since he had believed himself fifteen miles to the west.
The ship heeled and sunk aft in the first ten minutes. The crew took
to their boats, but returned in daylight to collect their belongings.
This barque was only eleven years old. She broke up soon afterwards.
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Patient in Bethlehem (Bedlam) Royal Hospital, London
C. 1800s | Henry Hering
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Eliza Camplin, admitted to Bethlehem 'Bedlam' mental hospital 1857 with 'acute mania'.
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"Yes, the court of Connecticut formally proclaims your ass to be a 10. Case closed."
caption from @rainstormdragon
seriously, though, wtf is happening in this picture? The judge likes it, whatever it is... LOL
caption from @rainstormdragon
seriously, though, wtf is happening in this picture? The judge likes it, whatever it is... LOL
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Fosco Maraini
Face seen through a broken window, circa 1950
[From the Réunion des Musées Nationaux]
Face seen through a broken window, circa 1950
[From the Réunion des Musées Nationaux]
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Jane Daly getting into costume for The Mysterious Island, 1929. The film is an adaptation of Jules Verne’s L’Île mystérieuse (The Mysterious Island), published in 1874.
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German prisoners in a French prison camp French Pictorial Service, 1917 - 1919 [From The U.S. National Archives]
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