Despite both the selection, and photos themselves being small, the four pages featuring pictures of ocean liner Queen Elizabeth II still convey the futurist feel (as the future was perceived in 1969) of the ship’s interior design.
The summer of 1969 saw QE2s first season. This was the summer of Apollo 11. That same year a [...]
Some interior photos of the Queen Elizabeth II circa 1969
Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 2 May, 2008 to the design and art subset
Did weak rivets doom the Titanic?
Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 16 April, 2008 to the comment subset
In Weak Rivets, a Possible Key to Titanic’s Doom
Researchers have raised the possibility that faulty rivets, used in the hull of the ill-fated ocean liner the Titanic, hastened the ship’s sinking.
They have argued that had better quality materials been used, the Titanic would have taken longer to sink, allowing rescue vessels more time to [...]
