RMS Olympic photos from The LoC archives

[Matthew Jackson]

Hi all, I just wanted to share my findings with you. The Library of Congress has some really high resolution pictures of the RMS Olympic, but most of them are over 100 MB *.tiff files. So I downloaded them all and converted into smaller *.jpg format:

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Interior shots:

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Search results for Photo, Print, Drawing, Olympic 1911, Available Online

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[Matthew Jackson]

+ 3 ultra hr pics of her maiden voyage:

 

[Rocky Whiteside]

This might sound stupid, but why does the water line area seem to look like she had a slight run in with an iceberg herself?

 

[Michael Cundiff]

Rocky, that's typical residuals for a NA/winter crossing. I once saw a video of Lusitania, and what I thought was water-line paint worn off, was informed by Eric Sauder that it was ice build-up. Obviouslly from the spray & cold air...

Michael Cundiff
NV, USA

 

[Michael Cundiff]

Hmmmm?? In my collection, I have an original
approx. 8 x 10 original photo of 13705.jpg.
The photo has all the characteristics of natural aging and was aquired from a TIS trustee.

Michael Cundiff
NV, USA

 

[Rocky Whiteside]

Oh, I see. Thank you.

 

[Michael Cundiff]

Rocky: Realizing OLYMPIC's maiden crossing was
mid-summer...just the same...residuals of paint loss owing to a NA crossing.

Michael Cundiff
NV, USA

 

[Rocky Whiteside]

Haha. I was going to say 'but it was June' but I just shrugged it off.

 

[Jon Brockman]

Is it not salt build up?

 

[Michael H. Standart]

>>Is it not salt build up?<<

Nope. Doesn't really work that way. You can get some residue on the hull, but it tends to be extremely fine and doesn't alter the colour of the paint. You do, however, get quite a bit of wear and tear on the paint, particularly with the coatings of the era which didn't always cling as well as what we might expect for more modern coatings.