Hey everybody! I’ve been working on a number of projects at the same time, hence quiet months here. Stuff is happening, though when is still up in the air. 98 years ago, on 1 May 1915, Lusitania sailed out of New York Harbor and into history. Below is a painting I did several years ago. …
Nope, not the end of the world, but a few Christmas goodies: New signatures: Norah Bretherton Fred Stark Pearson New pictures: Barbara Anderson Albert Byington Charles Hill Charles Jeffery George Kessler Virginia Loney Amy Pearl Theodate Pope Anne Shymer More to come at a later unspecified date!
The RMS Mauretania left Liverpool, England, 105 years ago today. Mauretania went on to become one of the most beloved ships in ocean liner history, a fate very much different from that of her tragic sister’s. As Mauretania was the larger ship, it doesn’t surprise me that Cunard picked her as the flagship over Lusitania. …
11 November marks the 94th anniversary of the armistice that ended World War I. This war was, of course, the one in which the beautiful Lusitania and many of her passengers and crew were lost. The war had a significant impact on the rest of the 20th Century, including but not limited to: Dismembering Austria-Hungary, …