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SS_&_RMS_Empress_of_Australia.jpg (390 × 253 pixels, file size: 26 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Description

An Original Image of the SS & RMS Empress of Australia."Scanned image from personal collection".

Source

Personal collection of Postcards (No Copyright attribution)

Article

RMS Empress of Australia (1919)

Portion used

Entire image

Low resolution?

No

Purpose of use

(1) Fair use for RMS Empress of Australia (1919): Its inclusion in the article adds significantly to the article because it shows an image of the subject of this article, especially before RMS Empress of Australia was sold and scrapped in Inverkeithing, May 8, 1952. AND (2) Fair user for Samuel Robinson (sea captain): The captain of RMS Empress of Australia earned international acclaim and recognition because the ship which was able to offer the most help in evacuating the devastated metropolis of Tokyo after the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake. In the chaos, Robinson kept his ship in Tokyo Bay for 12 days. Captain and his ship became a front page story in The Times (London) and The New York Times. This image clarifies (A) a difficult-to-grasp story; and (B) the many multi-national honors and decorations bestowed on Robinson afterwards.

Replaceable?

None;Ship sold for scrapped in Inverkeithing, May 8, 1952.

Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of RMS Empress of Australia (1919)//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SS_%26_RMS_Empress_of_Australia.jpgtrue

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Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current13:49, 16 December 2016Thumbnail for version as of 13:49, 16 December 2016390 × 253 (26 KB)Diannaa (talk | contribs)reduce size to comply with Wikipedia's non-free content policy
16:32, 15 November 2006No thumbnail1,740 × 1,134 (505 KB)Stavros1 (talk | contribs)An Original Image of the SS & RMS Empress of Australia

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