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realifezompire · 2 years
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there are many benefits to being a Naval Salior
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it used to be pretty common for there to be cats on boats. they'd take care of any rodents who would chew on ropes or wires and spread diseases. sailors were also superstitious and believed that having a cat aboard would bring good luck! this belief passed on to their wives, who kept cats - especially black ones who were believed to be extra lucky - at home in order to keep their husbands safe when at sea.
another popular superstition? that if a cat came aboard it was a sign of luck, but if it only boarded halfway and then left, it was a sign of bad luck.
most ship's cats are only found in modern times on private vessels, but they have roots going back to early history. one such example is the Vikings, who took cats with them on expeditions.
Sources: Ship's Cats, @Manglewood
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ratatoskryggdrasil · 6 months
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apostate-in-an-alcove · 3 months
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Unknown sailor
Dover Street Studios, 1900s
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daguerreotyping · 11 months
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Tintype of a group of barefoot sailors at ease, c. 1870s
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pookiestheone · 6 months
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Michael Finnegan Uncensored photo series
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Sailors on a French vintage postcard
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henk-heijmans · 11 days
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Sailors of the Navy Fleet, Black Sea, Sevastopol, Ukraine/Russia, 1930s - by Sergey Shimansky (1898 - 1972), Ukrainian
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remixingreality · 1 month
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Charles Demuth: Sailors Urinating
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todaysdocument · 7 months
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“Preparing Tin Fish,” by U.S. Naval Reserve combat artist William Franklin Draper, September 12, 1943. 
Record Group 330: Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Series: Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
Image description: Painting of sailors in a small room, working on torpedoes. Some reach inside torpedoes via a side panel, some work on the head of the torpedoes, and some hold the torpedoes steady. 
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clove-pinks · 1 year
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A Nantucket sailor, c. 1857 (Sea History 172)
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zauddu · 8 months
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ratatoskryggdrasil · 4 days
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James Kane, Sailor Boys, 2022
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o-kurwa · 9 months
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daguerreotyping · 11 months
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Carte de visite of a dashing young sailor posing bravely with the world's saddest, smallest potatoes, c. 1880s
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