Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
 

I finally did it friends, I have the first photo scanned

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RMS ORMONDE
the ship my old mans side sailed on to reach Aussie shores.........

I am in the process of remebering what I did and scanning the others

wow, thats goregous...even though its wash out and fading its beauty still comes through. Maybe its my imagination, but in my mind I see a black hull, white superstructure, red keel and maybe goldish stacks with black tips. In full glossy color I think I'd wet myself.

Now we're cooking with gas.......

Now all I gotta do is scan them all and create a file

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Must remember these postcards were "taken in the '30's", so of course there washout and faded...... my Grandma intrusted these for me to keep not sell...... I have a small albulm of them so tommorrow or when I feel up to it I shall scan them all and let everyone share them

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Wow! Good looking ships you got there! Keep them coming!

Ok you lot like these?

Give me about 24hrs k.

Take your time. I`m waiting! :)

Absolutely!

Most definately! These old liners have a majestic aura about them. I find them fascinating. I sure wish they were around today. I can't say the same for modern liners, though.

*thinks of Titanic* :lost:

In my opinion, back in WWII and before, there was still an effort to include humanistic style into workmanship. The vehicles had a certain amount of practicality built into them, but they also had some leeway for artistic design.

Applied design would, of course be defined by tradition, so that shipping and vehicles from different regions would have their appearance be modelled on what had gone on before -- i.e. American ships look one way, Japanese ships another, and German and Russian ships, for example would also be quite unique.

Nowadays, design is opitimized through computers. Algorithms replace traditions. Modern ships, cars, and airplanes all pretty much look like they have been stamped from the same cookie-cutter because this is what the math tells us we can build based on getting the maximum performance out of the minimum capital outlay. Blah.

Anyway, I am with you guys. I definitely find the designs of the WWII-era vehicles to be the most attractive. I am enjoying seeing all of these old ships!