#hms resolute

[magneticrabbit]

H.M.S Resolute in Search of Sir John Franklin, 1850 by François Etienne Musin

[currently on display at the Grohmann Museum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States]

[ltwilliammowett]

HMS Resolute in search of Sir John Franklin, 1850, by François-Étienne Musin (1820-1888)

[hale-my-nathan]

Trump Weird News - Where Sailed The Real Resolute Desk?

[deadpresidents]

So now we’ve seen some nice-looking Oval Office setups. Do you have some atrocious ones?

When President Kennedy traveled to Texas in November 1963 and was scheduled to be away from the White House for a few days, White House staff put the finishing touches on a planned redecoration of his Oval Office. JFK, of course, was assassinated on that trip, so he actually never saw his redecorated office, but it was pretty brutal-looking, in my opinion, as they installed a bright red carpet that just didn't seem to fit in the Oval Office:

Here's a comparison of the Oval Office when JFK took office in 1961, which largely looked like the decor used by President Eisenhower throughout the Eisenhower Administration, and the ugly, red carpet redecoration that Kennedy never saw due to his assassination:

When LBJ assumed office following JFK's assassination, he kept the bright red carpet for a while, but eventually redecorated again and got rid of the carpet. LBJ also swapped out the legendary Resolute desk that has been used by most Presidents over the past 120 years. President Johnson was a physically large man, and he installed a larger desk that he had previously used when he was in the Senate and serving as Vice President. The desk that LBJ used -- which is actually called the "Johnson desk" -- is now on display at the LBJ Presidential Library | @lbjlibrary | in Austin, Texas in the museum's Oval Office replica, which displays LBJ's Oval Office as it looked once he replaced the ugly red carpet and had the office redecorated to suit his own tastes.

[movietonight]

I might or might not have just downloaded the entire aubreyad + the terror + a bunch of non-fiction books about seafaring and put them all in a big folder 👀

[goldandnavy]

Y'all the New Bedford Whaling Museum had a little set up about the Franklin Expedition because they have Mrs. Grinnell's desk that was made from timber taken from HMS Resolute.

They also had this guy there too.

[clove-pinks]

Departure of the Travelling Parties from 'Resolute' and 'Intrepid' April 4th 1853, from The eventful voyage of H.M. Discovery Ship 'Resolute' to the Arctic Regions in search of Sir J. Franklin by George Frederick Macdougall, 1857.

[franklins-leg]

Terror Appreciation Week - favorite ship - HMS Resolute

oh, we’re doing this? Well then, my favorite Franklin-adjacent ship is HMS Resolute, captained and abandoned by Henry Kellett during the search for Franklin’s men, then found adrift by whalers in Baffin Bay and brought back to Connecticut!

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