I've been sunk!

While researching and writing this story, I suddenly felt my chest grow heavy.

She wrote this postcard casually. “See you soon.”

She mailed it before the Titanic sank. The postcard arrived.

But she never did.

1930 Lloyd Sabaudo travel poster by Lloyd Sabaudo.

Crowds at the pier of the French Line cheering the arrival of the new ocean liner Ile de France, June 28, 1927. The ship had just completed the first half of her maiden voyage. It was the largest passenger ship built after World War I.

April 10th, 1912 - Southampton, England

half a dozen memorials for the edmund fitzgerald, a freighter that sank nearly 50 years ago (the anniversary will be nov 10) and was immortalized in the gordon lightfoot song. people are writing out the lyrics and one person planned out an absolutely massive mural, based on this image (this is what comes up when you scan the QR code in the 4th & 5th pics):

on wplace you can select individual pixels to see who placed them. there's a bunch of different accounts contributing to all this. at least a few dozen people between all the lyrics & drawings. more people than were on the ship when it sank

Radio and Control room on the U.S.S Dolphine submarine - San Diego, CA

id: six photos of a submarine radio and control room. there are many technical devices with buttons, switches, and screens. end id.