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(1904) | LADY DUFF GORDON Lucy, Lady Duff Gordon wearing a pair of 18th century emerald and pearl cross-shaped earrings that were lost in the sinking of the Titanic. They were Duff Gordon family heirlooms given to her by her husband as a present on their wedding in 1900. The ... | 1904 | |||
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JOHN PIERPONT MORGAN Portrait of the great financier, industrialist and shipowner.... | |||||
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STUDIO PORTRAIT OF CHARLOTTE CARDEZA | |||||
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(1911) | PORTRAIT OF DOROTHY GIBSON Dorothy in a publicity portrait taken at the time of her joining Eclair Studios in the summer of 1911.... | 1911 | |||
| Le Petit Journal | (1908) | GUGLIELMO MARCONI Portrait of Signor Marconi at the time when wireless linked Paris (France) and Casablanca (Morocco)... | 24th November 1908 | |||
| MAJOR ARCHIBALD BUTT STUDIO PORTRAIT This portrait is to be compared with another one by the same photographer, where major Butt wears no cap. Published in 1912 by Logan Marshall.... | ||||||
| New York Times | (1933) | ART SHOW OPENS AT COOPERSTOWN ART SHOW OPENS AT COOPERSTOWN --- 56 Participants in Exhibit of 176 Items---Portrait of A. B. Ryerson a Feature --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- COOPERSTOWN, N, Y., Aug. 19---The Summer exhibit of the C... | 21st August 1933 | |||
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(1898) | OLE MARTIN OLSON FAMILY PORTRAIT Family portrait of Ole Martin Olson (c. 1898). Front row; Anna, holding Severen, Martha, Serena, Ole B. Back row: Julia, Joseph, Ole M.... | 1898 | |||
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(1911) | DOROTHY GIBSON (1911) Dorothy Gibson in a 1911 promotional portrait... | 1911 | |||
| ISIDOR STRAUS STUDIO PORTRAIT Photographic portrait of Isidor Straus published in 1912 in 'The Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters', by Logan Marshall.... | ||||||
| New York Times | (1925) | LORD RIBBLESDALE DEAD; LINE EXTINCT Widow Was the First Wife of the Late John Jacob Astor, Formerly Miss Willing --- BARON LOST SONS IN WAR --- Aristocratic Appearance Drew Compliment From King Edward---Lady Oxford Kin by Marriage --- Copyright... | 22nd October 1925 | |||
| (1956) | BERTHE LEROY IN 1956 This picture illustrated a long article in a Santa Barbara (Ca.) newspaper in May 1956. It was sent to us by Don Lynch if I remember well. Note on the table: (1) a portrait of Mr Douglas and (2) a portrait of Mrs Douglas. Berthe is reading a book of ... | 1956 | ||||
| New York Times | (1912) | BOSTON BANKS TO MERGE H. K. Hallett to Head Combined Atlantic and Fourth National --- Special to The New York Times --- BOSTON, July 21---The death of Arthur W. Newell, President of the Fourth National Bank, who was lost on the Titanic, is abou... | 22nd July 1912 | |||
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DAGMAR BRYHL | |||||
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MARY FORTUNE PORTRAIT | |||||
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PORTRAIT OF ALGERNON BARKWORTH | |||||
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PORTRAIT OF COUNTESS OF ROTHES | |||||
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PORTRAIT OF FATHER BYLES | |||||
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PORTRAIT OF HILDA SLAYTER | |||||
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PORTRAIT OF JANE HERMAN | |||||
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PORTRAIT OF PAUL MAUGé | |||||
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PORTRAIT OF THOMAS ANDREWS | |||||
| (1909) | PORTRAIT OF "MOLLY" BROWN | 1909 | ||||
| (1909) | PORTRAIT OF ELEANOR WIDENER | 1909 | ||||
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(1912) | PORTRAIT OF ANNA TURJA | 1912 | |||
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Toronto Daily Star | (1912) | PORTRAIT OF QUIGG BAXTER | 17th April 1912 | ||
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(1930) | GOLD QUEEN | 1930 | |||
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Falmouth Penryn Packet | (2009) | TITANIC DINING AT THE NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM CORNWALL To coincide with the hugely successful Titanic Honour and Glory exhibition being held at National Maritime Museum Cornwall, the Museum is commemorating the 97th anniversary of the tragedy with a dinner of Titanic proportions. ... | 20th March 2009 | ||
| CHARLES M. HAYS - STUDIO PORTRAIT | ||||||
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JAMES VIVIAN DREW | |||||
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PORTRAIT OF A LADY- JOURNEYS IN TIME | |||||
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PORTRAIT OF ADRIEN FINNIN CHABOISSON | |||||
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PORTRAIT OF CHARLES LEONARD KIRKLAND | |||||
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PORTRAIT OF JEAN BAPTISTE PACHERA | |||||
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PORTRAIT OF JOHN BERTRAM CRAFTON | |||||
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PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM THOMAS FOX | |||||
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STUDIO PORTRAIT OF LEONARD HICKMAN | |||||
| (1905) | PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM THOMAS STEAD | 1905 | ||||
| (1908) | PORTRAIT OF SIR COSMO DUFF GORDON | 1908 | ||||
| (1910) | PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM THOMAS STEAD | 1910 | ||||
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(1925) | PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM J. MELLORS C.1925 | 1925 | |||
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JAMES CLINCH SMITH STUDIO PORTRAIT | |||||
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PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT OF CHARLOTTE CARDEZA | |||||
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STUDIO PORTRAIT BELIEVED TO BE OF RICHARD PARSONS | |||||
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THOMAS ANDREWS : HARLAND AND WOLFF PORTRAIT | |||||
| (1912) | PORTRAIT OF MADELEINE FORCE ASTOR IN MOURNING | 1912 | ||||
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CAPTAIN STANLEY LORD | |||||
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PORTRAIT OF VINCENZO PIO GILARDINO | |||||
| L'Excelsior | (1912) | THE ASTORS Portrait of JJ Astor and young bride Madeleine... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| (1920) | EDITH ROSENBAUM RUSSELL FROM A PORTRAIT BY ARNOLD GENTHE | 1920 | ||||
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(1923) | NOELLE, COUNTESS OF ROTHES (PORTRAIT BY MONRO MACKIE) | 1923 | |||
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NORMANDIE: A PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT Spectacular views of the quintessential superliner.... | |||||
| (1910) | LUCY DUFF GORDON, PORTRAIT BY RITA MARTIN, LONDON | 1910 | ||||
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Daily Telegraph | (2006) | NATIONAL ARCHIVES TO PUT TITANIC RECORDS ON THE NET ?2.5m deal to scan and place online the National Archives' entire historical database of passengers who embarked on sea voyages from Britain's shores between 1890 and 1960. This includes the one and only voyage of Titanic, which was made into a Hollywood blockbuster starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo di Caprio.The estimated 30m individual records include details of emigrations to Australia, North and South America, India and Africa.... | 2nd April 2006 | ||
| Elmer Times | (1912) | MARINE DISASTER [The following paragraph is the only passenger-specific one in a longer article.] Among the Titanic’s passengers reportedly was Frederick Sutton, whose home was at Haddonfield, but who had large business interests in Wildwood. He was ... | 19th April 1912 | |||
| (1916) | PORTRAIT OF LUCY, LADY DUFF GORDON AT WORK IN HER NEW YORK SALON, BY ARNOLD GENTHE | 1916 | ||||
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PORTRAIT OF JACQUES FUTRELLE This photo appears in the frontpiece page of the 1912 edition of his book 'My Lady's Garter' published by Rand McNally & Company... | |||||
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PORTRAIT OF G. W. WOLFF, PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE OF NORTHERN IRELAND | |||||
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STUDIO PORTRAIT OF BERTHE LEROY Berthe is shown wearing the Carpathia brooch.... | |||||
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(1910) | PORTRAIT OF LUCY DUFF GORDON BY MARCEAU, NEW YORK | 1910 | |||
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PORTRAIT OF SIR EDWARD J. HARLAND, PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE OF NORTHERN IRELAND | |||||
| WILLIAM THOMAS STEAD STUDIO PORTRAIT Published in 1912 in 'The Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters - By Logan Marshall'.... | ||||||
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(1895) | ANDREWS FAMILY PORTRAIT Thomas Andrews or Tommie (to his friends and family) is sitting with his hands on his legs.... | 1895 | |||
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ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY WEB SITE (UNOFFICIAL): A. BUTT PAGE | |||||
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POSTED ABOARD R.M.S. TITANIC (NATIONAL POSTAL MUSEUM, WASHINGTON, D.C.) | |||||
| (1925) | RICHARD NORRIS WILLIAMS II ACCEPTING THE TROPHY HE WON IN THE NATIONAL DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP | 1925 | ||||
| (1912) | CAPTAIN ARTHUR ROSTRON This portrait of Carpathia's commander was published in the 1912 book 'Sinking of the Titanic: the World's Greatest Sea Disaster - official edition - By Thomas H. Russell'... | 1912 | ||||
| Camden Post-Telegram | (1912) | MANY MOURN FOR MR. FRED. SUTTON Haddonfield Man Who Went Down With Titanic in Numerous Corporations --- BUDGET OF GOSSIP FROM THE BOROUGH --- As no word has been received concerning Frederick Sutton, of Haddonfield, it seems certain that he perish... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| JOSEPH BRUCE ISMAY The most famous studio portrait of Mr. Ismay, published in 1912 in 'Sinking of the Titanic: the World's Greatest Sea Disaster - official edition - By Thomas H. Russell'.... | ||||||
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Sphere | (1912) | INVENTOR OF THE LIFEBOAT The grave of John Lukin, the original inventor of the lifeboat. He received the King’s patent for his invention in the year 1784, according to his gravestone. (The Sphere, December 21, 1912.) Lukin predates by ... | 21st December 1912 | ||
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(1912) | PORTRAIT OF ANNA TURJA Anna Turja after her arrival in America.... | 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1941) | WM. K. DICK MARRIES MRS. VIRGINIA CONNER Chairman of the National Sugar Refining Co. Weds in Akron --- Word has been received here of the marriage of Mrs. Virginia Keniston Conner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin S. Conner of this city, to William K. Dick of this city and Al... | 25th December 1941 | |||
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BERTHE LEROY IN LATER LIFE Berthe Leroy is pictured with a book of poems by Mahala Douglas. The portrait on the desk is also of Mrs Douglas. Berthe is wearing a brooch bearing a picture of the Carpathia.... | |||||
| Godalming and District News | (1912) | POST OFFICE MEMORIAL At the Godalming Post Office, where Phillips was employed as a telegraphist for three years before leaving to enter the Marconi School at Liverpool, the Postmaster (Mr. W. R. Williams), and his staff have provided a suitable memorial to their ... | 4th May 1912 | |||
| Camden Daily Courier | (1912) | SURE SUTTON HAS PERISHED AT SEA Relatives Return From New York Feeling Sure He Went Down on Titanic --- A DAY'S EVENTS AT HADDONFIELD --- Haddonfield, N. J., April 20---No word has yet been received concerning the whereabouts of Frederick Sutton, and it ... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| (1919) | WILLIAM THOMAS STEAD, A PORTRAIT The French magazine 'Sciences et Voyages' published a long article highly criticizing mediums and seers in 1919. They noted that Stead, who had founded the Bureau Julia, was completely unable to foresee his own death on the Titanic.... | 1919 | ||||
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ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY CENOTAPH Maj, Butt, a devout Episcopalian, chose the Celtic cross. There is a plaque on each side of the base. : On the back: A devoted son and brother, an efficient officer... | |||||
| (1911) | CAPTAIN EDWARD JOHN SMITH ON OLYMPIC Famous portrait of Captain Smith taken on the Olympic in 1911 and published in 1912 in 'Sinking of the Titanic: the World's Greatest Sea Disaster - official edition - By Thomas H. Russell'.... | May 1911 | ||||
| (1911) | CAPTAIN EDWARD JOHN SMITH ON OLYMPIC Another famous portrait of Captain Smith taken on the Olympic in 1911 and published in 1912 in 'Sinking of the Titanic: the World's Greatest Sea Disaster - official edition - By Thomas H. Russell'.... | May 1911 | ||||
| New York Times | (1912) | AUTEUIL SOUNDS THE PANNIER'S DOOM Smart Display of Summer Fashions at Paris Race Course Shows Radical Style Changes --- NOVEL ROBESPIERRE GOWNS --- Immense Crowd Out to See the French Grand National---Americans Less Numerous Than Usual... | 24th June 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | FRANK D. MILLET'S CAREER Noted Artist Famed as War Correspondent and Traveler --- Frank D. Millet, a noted artist and correspondent, was born at Mattapoisett, Mass., in 1846. His adventurous temperament led him to enlist as a drummer boy at the beginning of the Civ... | 16th April 1912 | |||
| (1915) | MINUTES OF TITANIC RELIEF FUND Liverpool Area Committee No. 415. Franklin, Mrs. B. Address for cheques: The National Provincial Bank of England Limited, London Street, Norwich. Net monthly allowance to widow £3. 7 2d one child £1 1 8d total £4 8 10d.... | 1st December 1915 | ||||
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Falmouth Penryn Packet | (2009) | FALMOUTH REVEALS MORE TITANIC MEMORABILIA The National Maritime Museum Cornwall has been lent two more fascinating artefacts with a Cornish connection. Local historian and author Ernie Warmington has come forward with a Christmas card and memorial postcard.... | 2nd June 2009 | ||
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Arcadia News Leader | (2009) | BRINGING TITANIC, HERITAGE TO TOWN Last fall, a man by the name of Don Lynch made a phone call to the Arcadia Public Library looking for information on his ancestors. The woman at the other end of the phone, library assistant Jennifer Losinski, immediately recognized the names of the family Lynch was looking for: Isadore Gaveney, one of his more prominent ancestors, was instrumental in organizing Arcadia's Carnegie Library and is depicted in a portrait on the library wall.... | 11th April 2009 | ||
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Falmouth Penryn Packet | (2008) | UNIQUE TITANIC EXHIBITION IN FALMOUTH The National Maritime Museum Cornwall's announcement of a new Titanic exhibition and a request for locals to get in touch with their memories has revealed some incredible stories.... | 29th December 2008 | ||
| New York Dramatic Mirror | (1911) | GOSSIP OF THE STUDIOS Dorothy Gibson has been engaged as leading woman for the New American stock of the Éclair Company. Her portrait appears on another page. She had gained some attention on the stage before going into pictures and had also posed for Harrison Fisher, the... | 9th August 1911 | |||
| Chicago Inter Ocean | (1912) | HUMAN BUZZARDS OF SEA SINK WITH TITANIC Special Dispatch to the Inter-Ocean New York, April 19.—Figures familiar to Forty-Second street will be missing in the cafes of the Great White Way when the lights are brightest as one of the results of the foundering o... | 20th April 1912 | |||
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BBC News | (2007) | HISTORIC SHIP RECORDS GO ONLINE Details of more than 30 million people who emigrated from Britain by ship are being published on a new website. Previously family history researchers would have had to make the journey to The National Archives in London to read the lists... | 10th January 2007 | ||
| New York Times | (1953) | WILLIAM DICK DIES; AN INDUSTRIALIST Director of the National Sugar Refining Co., Best Foods, Inc., and Irving Trust Was 65 --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- ISLIP, L. I., Sept. 5---William K. Dick, industrialist, banker and grandson of a pioneer in the f... | 6th September 1953 | |||
| New York Times | (1914) | MRS. STRAUS LEFT $319,940 Titanic Victim's Estate Divided Equally Among Six Children --- Mrs. Ida Straus, who perished with her husband, Isidor Straus, in the Titanic disaster on April 15, 1912, left a net estate of $319,940, according to an appraisal of her est... | 29th April 1914 | |||
| BALLARD RETURNS WITH NOAA Breathtaking... Nearly 20 years after first finding the sunken remains of the R.M.S. Titanic, marine explorer Robert Ballard returned in June 2004 helped by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)...... | ||||||
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EUGENE DALY WITH PIPES, 1910 Eugene Daly as a member of the Irish National Foresters band, Athlone, Co. Westmeath, Ireland, 1910. Contributor's collection. ... | |||||
| (1912) | SENATOR W. A. SMITH Portrait of Senator W. A. Smith, from an unidentified French paper (Le Matin, 23 May 1912 ?)... | 1912 | ||||
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Manchester Evening News | (2006) | TITANIC TRIUMPH FOR RED VISION RED Vision, the Manchester-based computer generated imagery and visual effects production company, has won the Outstanding Achievement in Craft Award at the National Royal Television Awards 2006 for its work on Titanic: Birth of a Legend.... | 5th December 2006 | ||
| New York Times | (1923) | R. W. DANIEL WED TO MRS. CAMPBELL Vice President of Liberty National Bank Marries Daughter of W. C. Durant in Newark *** Robert W. Daniel of 19 West Sixty-ninth Street, Vice President of the Liberty National Bank of this city, and Mrs. Marjorie Durant Campbell of 635 P... | 7th December 1923 | |||
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Herkimer Evening Telegram | (2008) | 'TITANIC, THE MUSICAL' OPENS THURSDAY The Ilion Central School production of 'Titanic, the Musical' will kick off Music in Our Schools Month this weekend, getting a jump start on the national celebration of music in education which runs throughout March.... | 27th February 2008 | ||
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(2007) | THE CAP ARCONA : GALLERY OF A LOVELY - DOOMED LINER The Cap Arcona Perhaps the loveliest of the “forgotten” liners is Hamburg-Sudamerikanische’s Cap Arcona. She was conceived and built in the mid-1920s for service between Northern Europe and Argentin... | 14th July 2007 | |||
| Somerset Standard | (1912) | JOHN GILL The John Gill, one of the Titanic victims, whose body was recovered the other day, was late chauffeur to the Rev. C R Braithwaite, vicar of Hewish St Ann, near Puxton. He met his death exactly two months after his wedding day. He left his bride with ... | 1912 | |||
| Camden Daily Courier | (1912) | NOTHING HEARD OF FREDERICK SUTTON Relatives and friends of Frederick Sutton, of Haddonfield, who was on board the Titanic when she sank on Sunday night after colliding with a huge iceberg, have given up all hope of his survival. Mr. Sutton was president of the Collingswood National B... | 18th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1948) | MRS. FRED J. SWIFT, WAS CLUB LEADER Ex-Head of National Council of State Garden Units Dies---Officer in Many Groups --- NYACK, N. Y., April 30---Mrs. Margaret Welles Swift, prominent club-woman and widow of Fred Joel Swift, died yesterday in her home here... | 1st May 1948 | |||
| New York Times | (1923) | WEIRD MISFORTUNES BLAMED ON MUMMY Beautiful but Malignant Priestess Is Said to Resent Touching Her Coffin Lid --- IT IS IN BRITISH MUSEUM --- Officials Call Stories Myths, but Superstitious Even Blame Her for Sinking of Titanic --- Copyright,... | 7th April 1923 | |||
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4RFV | (2008) | PIONEER PRODUCTIONS BRINGS SCIENCE TO STORY OF TITANIC Independent producer Pioneer Productions has been commissioned by Channel 4, National Geographic Channel US and Discovery Canada to present the story of 'Titanic' from a new analytical perspective in a drama documentary.... | 21st August 2008 | ||
| Newark Evening News | (1912) | WILDWOOD MAN THOUGHT LOST WILDWOOD, April 18---Friends of Frederick Sutton, of this place, president of the West Jersey Electric Company, say that he is among those who perished in the Titanic disaster. His name [does not appear?] in the list of the saved. N... | 18th April 1912 | |||
| Exeter Flying Post | (1912) | THE TITANIC DISASTER At a special meeting of the St. David’s (Exeter) District Committee of the National Deposit Friendly Society a vote of condolence was passed with Mr. and Mrs. Dyer in the loss of their son in the Titanic disaster. The deceased was a member of the St... | 27th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1929) | R. W. DANIEL MARRIES MRS. C. B. CHRISTIAN President of Liberty National Bank Weds as Third Wife Distant Relative in Virginia --- Special to The New York Times --- RICHMOND, Va., Oct. 10---Robert W. Daniel, president of the Liberty National Bank of New York, and Mr... | 11th October 1929 | |||
| The Times | (1926) | BELFAST SHIPBUILDER'S ESTATE The RIGHT HON. ALEXANDER MONTGOMERY CARLISLE, of Orme-square, W., for some years general mannager and chairman of Messrs. Harland and Wolff, shipbuilders and engineers, of Belfast, and lately a director ... | 10th April 1926 | |||
| New York Times | (1913) | OBITUARY NOTES J. ALPHEUS VANSANT, a member of the firm of Sutton & Vansant, coffee dealers of Philadelphia, died Friday in Pasadena, Cal. His partner, Frederick Sutton, who lived in Haddonsfield,[sic; should be "Haddonfield"] N.J., was lost in the Titanic. Mr. V... | 9th February 1913 | |||
| New York Times | (1950) | CABINET IS SALE FEATURE Mahogany Breakfront Brings $585 in $51,640 Auction --- A Regency mahogany and grillwork breakfront cabinet with Roman portrait medallions, circa 1820, was sold to a private collector for $585 yesterday at the final session of the sale ... | 24th September 1950 | |||
| The Times | (1912) | THE TITANIC INQUIRY: LADY DUFF GORDON'S EVIDENCE The inquiry into the loss of the Titanic was resumed yesterday by Lord Mersey and his Assessors. There was no diminution in the public interest taken in the proceedings. Among those present were Prince Albert of Schleswig-Holstein, Lady St. Helier, L... | 21st May 1912 | |||
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Redditch Advertiser | FORGE MILL'S TITANIC EXHIBITION REDDITCH residents are being taken on a dramatic trip back in time at the Titanic Honour and Glory exhibition at Forge Mill Needle Museum. The award-winning exhibition will be on at the Redditch Council-run museum in Needle Mill Lane, Rive... | ||||
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Berrows Journal | (2009) | GROUP'S TITANIC MUSICAL IS UP FOR AN AWARD A WORCESTER drama group is hoping it will be third time lucky after being nominated for an award for its performance of the musical Titanic. Worcester Operatic and Dramatic Society (WODS) is among the nominees aiming to win the award for best musical staged during 2008 in the National Operatic and Dramatic Association's West Midland's region.... | 9th March 2009 | ||
| Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea News | (1998) | CHRISTOPHER HEAD A former Mayor of Chelsea was among the 1,523 lost in the Titanic disaster of April 1912. Christopher Head served as Mayor between 1909 and 1911 and had been a Conservative councillor since 1906. According to contemporary accounts, Head wa... | April 1998 | |||
| Philadelphia Inquirer | (1912) | WILDWOOD BUSINESS MAN AMONG MISSING Special to The Inquirer --- WILDWOOD, N. J., April 17---Never was so much sympathy expressed by the residents of Five Mile Beach as over the tidings that Frederick Sutton, the well-known business man, is listed among the missing probabl... | 18th April 1912 | |||
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Belfast Telegraph | (2008) | NOMADIC JOINS ELITE LIST OF FINE SHIPS The Titanic's little sister has joined an elite list of the finest historical ships in the UK to have survived to the present day. The SS Nomadic (pictured above) joins the likes of the Cutty Sark, the Mary Rose and the Royal Yacht Britannia on a list of just 61 ships that form the Core Collection of the National Register of Historic Vessels (NRHV). The 96-year-old, Belfast-built ship was tender to many of the great transatlantic liners and also served in two world wars.... | 5th September 2008 | ||
| Dictionary of National Biography (1901) | ISMAY, THOMAS HENRY ISMAY, THOMAS HENRY (1837-1899), shipowner, eldest son of Joseph Ismay, of Marypoint, [sic; should be "Maryport], Cumberland, was born there on 7 Jan. 1837. At the age of sixteen he was apprenticed to a firm of shipbrokers (... | |||||
| PROBATE REPORTS Bailey, Annie Margaret of Fourwynds, 2 Wellesworth Lane, Bowes Hill, Rowlands Castle, Hampshire (wife of Joseph Northey Bailey) died 1 March 1960. Probate Winchester 9 May 1960 to National Provincial Bank Limited. Effects £22894 6s 11d ... | ||||||
| VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO JOHN WESLEY WOODWARD Named on the Musicians Memorial at the Old Library site, London Road, Southampton. also named on the St Marys Church Musicians Memorial, St Marys, Southampton. also he is mentioned on a plaque in the lobby of the Boston ... | ||||||
| Newark Evening News | (1912) | W. HULL BOTSFORD, OF ORANGE, MAY BE LOST W. Hull Botsford. of Orange, is believed to be among the second cabin passengers on the Titanic who were lost. Mr. Botsford has been touring in Europe since early in February, and although he was not expected home before the end of the month, the nam... | 17th April 1912 | |||
| Evening News | (1988) | FRANK MILLET Frank Millet, 65, a distinguished artist, author and war correspondent who had lived the last 25 years of his life in Broadway, and was widely popular in the picturesque Cotswold village. He was born in America, served as a drummer boy w... | 24th January 1988 | |||
| Camden Post-Telegram | (1912) | DIRECTORS OF BANK MOURN FOR SUTTON Collingswood Board May Elect Successor to President Who Was Titanic Victim --- BUDGET OF GOSSIP FROM THE BOROUGH The Titanic disaster is the cause of a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Collingswood National Bank t... | 25th April 1912 | |||
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ANCESTORS ON BOARD Findmypast.com, in association with The National Archives, is proud to present ancestorsonboard, a new database featuring BT27 Outward Passenger Lists for long-distance voyages leaving the British Isles from 1960 right back to 1890. With ancestors... | |||||
| MEMORIALS TO CHRISTOPHER HEAD Head, Mr. Christopher. Missing. Cabin B11. London address c/o Henry Head & Co., 27, Cornhill, London, E.C. There is a brass memorial to Mr. Head in St Nicolas Church, Old Shoreham, Susses. ... | ||||||
| New York Times | (1968) | R. NORRIS WILLIAMS 2D, TENNIS TITLIST, DEAD AT 77 Survivor of Titanic's Sinking Was on 7 Davis Cup Teams---Pennsylvania Historian --- Special to The New York Times --- PHILADELPHIA, June 3---R. Norris Williams 2d, former national tennis champion and a survivor of the sin... | 4th June 1968 | |||
| Evening News | (1986) | MILLET ''Drowned, too was a famous man from Broadway - 65-years-old F. D. Millet, a distinguished artist, author and war correspondent who lived at Russell House on the main approach from Evesham into the picturesque Worcestershire village. ... | 5th August 1986 | |||
| Los Angeles Times | (1933) | RACE SWINDLER SUSPECTS HELD Victim Spends Year on Trail of Asserted Fleecers ---------- SAN JOSE, July 4. (AP) - Charged with swindling J. T. Taylor, retired New Yorker, out of $27,000 in a fake horse race deal, C. W. Coleman 55 years of age, and... | 5th July 1933 | |||
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(1913) | THE BUTT-MILLET MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN, 1913 The Butt-Millet Memorial Fountain was erected by the contributions of friends of Major Archibald Willingham Butt and Francis Davis Millet. "The 8-foot-high fountain is composed of a marble shaft of simple Neo-c... | 1913 | |||
| New York Times | (1932) | MARION SCRANTON MARRIED Wedded at Scranton, Pa., to Edward Mayer of This City --- Special to The New York Times --- SCRANTON, Pa., Jan. 16---Miss Marion Margery Scranton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Worthington Scranton, the latter a member of the R... | 17th January 1932 | |||
| New York Times | (1916) | GUGGENHEIM ESTATE VALUED AT $3,551,994 Victim of Titanic Disaster Left Widow $785,199---Daughters Get About $500,000 Each --- MANY CHARITABLE BEQUESTS --- Sisters Receive Incomes from Trust Funds of $75,000 and Sisters-in-Law from $25,000 --- Benj... | 18th January 1916 | |||
| New York Times | (1913) | STRAUS FOUNTAIN AWARD TO LUKEMAN With Evarts Tracy, Architect, Sculptor Wins in Contest Including 59 Designs --- HE'LL GET $10,000 FOR WORK --- Four Other "Next Best" Designs Get Prize Money from $500 Down to $100 Each --- From a collection of fift... | 21st March 1913 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | KARL H. BEHR Karl H. Behr, one of the foremost tennis players in this country, is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Behr of 777 Madison Avenue. He is a lawyer at 40 Wall Street, having been admitted to the bar soon after his graduation from Yale in 1905. Mr. Behr wh... | 16th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | BOSTON MAN MISSING A. W. Newell's Two Daughters Among Survivors, but No Report of Him --- Special to The New York Times --- BOSTON, April 16---Nearly a dozen Boston men, known to have been aboard the Titanic, are unaccounted for. Some were a... | 16th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1940) | ROBERT W. DANIEL, EX-BANKER HERE, 56 Virginia State Senator, Once Head of Liberty National, Stricken in Richmond --- OWNED HISTORIC ESTATE --- Brandon-on James Was Visited by Many Presidents---Was Survivor of the Titanic --- RICHMOND, Va., Dec. ... | 21st December 1940 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | BUTT-MILLET MEMORIAL President Taft and Washington Friends Raise Funds for a Tablet --- WASHINGTON, May 30---President Taft, members of the Diplomatic Corps in Washington, and many high Government officials have contributed to a fund of several thousand dol... | 31st May 1912 | |||
| San Francisco Bulletin | (1919) | DR. DODGE DYING, IS REPORT Page 1, column 4 Dr. Washington Dodge, banker, former county Assessor and former Supervisor, who shot himself in the head Saturday night, is dying at the St. Francis Hospital, according to reports from his bedside today. Si... | 28th June 1919 | |||
| Washington Times | (1912) | FRANCIS D. MILLET, SOLDIER, PAINTER, AND CONNOISSEUR Francis D. Millet, while comparatively unknown even to Washingtonians, despite the fact that he has made this city his home for years, and has given the best of his artistic life toward the beautification of Washington, was one of the city’s most pic... | 16th March 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1979) | PEGGY GUGGENHEIM IS DEAD AT 81; KNOWN FOR MODERN ART COLLECTION By The Associated Press --- VENICE, Dec. 23 - Peggy Guggenheim, the expatriate American millionaire who amassed one of the world's foremost collections of modern art, died in a hospital outside Venice today, hospital officials said. Sh... | 24th December 1979 | |||
| Evening Bulletin | (1912) | MRS. BREWE COLLAPSES Widow 0f Physician Lost on Titanic in Serious Condition at Her Home Here --- Crushed under the news of the death of her husband, Dr. Arthur Jackson Brewe, on board the Titanic, Mrs. Brewe is in se... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| The Times | (1924) | OBITUARY---MR. C. BOWER ISMAY Mr. Charles Bower Ismay, of Hazelbeech Hall, Northampton, who had been ill for some weeks, died yesterday morning. He was well known on the Turf, and was the owner of Craganour, which ran in the famous Derby of 1913. His grandfather, Joseph Ismay was... | 26th May 1924 | |||
| MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND (From: Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund Booklet, March 1913) Number 9. Murdoch, Ada F. Widow. Class A dependent. (From The Titanic Relief Fund booklet March 1913). C 9. Murdoch, Ada F. Widow.... | ||||||
| Washington Times | (1912) | ACTOR IS WORRIED OVER FATE OF MAN ON UNFORTUNATE SHIP "Rene is safe; am uncertain about Harry; will wire you definite information as soon as received." This is the only comforting word received by Frank McIntyre, now appearing at the National Theater in “Snobs” and his company, which is a... | 17th April 1912 | |||
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ET Research | (2005) | TITANIC TEXT : DEMYSTIFYING HISTORICAL STUDY Internet research tips for beginners From biographies and cultural essays to technical papers and scientific analyses, ET Research at Encyclopedia-Titanica.org is the leading online destination for original, in-depth studi... | 20th September 2005 | ||
| MEMORIALS TO JACK PHILLIPS Phillips, John George (Jack). Chief Wireless Operator. Has perhaps the largest Titanic memorial, namely 'The Phillips Memorial Cloister', by the River Wey, covering some three acres, at Godalming, Surrey. Inscribed on the memorial stone is: 'The Cloi... | ||||||
| New York Times | (1925) | LEWY BROS., JEWELERS, FAIL Settlement Involving $1,400,000 Defeated by Court Action --- Special to The New York Times --- CHICAGO, Nov. 23---An involuntary petition in bankruptcy against Lewy Brothers, Jewelers, filed today in the United States Cour... | 24th November 1925 | |||
| Atlantic City Daily Press | (1912) | PROBATE WILL OF TITANIC VICTIM Frederick Sutton, Coffee Importer, Leaves $50,000 and Upwards to Family ---------- The will of Frederick Sutton, of Haddonfield, N. J., who lost his life in the wreck of the steamship Titanic, was probated yesterday aftern... | 30th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1913) | $4,427,608 ESTIMATE OF STRAUS ESTATE The Figures, However, Are Tentative, as Final Appraisal Has Not Been Filed --- MORE HEARINGS TO BE HELD --- Partial Schedules in the Estate of Benjamin Guggenheim Show Assets of $748,000 --- Edmond E. Wise, head of th... | 11th August 1913 | |||
| The Times | (1913) | ANNIE ROBINSON ABOARD "GALATEA" IN 1913; CONVERSATION WITH KING AND QUEEN The spectacle on which their Majesties looked when they embarked on the Galatea, the dock port tender, was indeed unparalleled. There never has been such an assembly of merchant vessels in review order before. The mere statistics are asto... | 12th July 1913 | |||
| THE ROSSENDALE BARD FROM ADDERGOOLE Andrew Houston was born in Doonbreedia in the parish of Addergoole, Lahardane, Co Mayo, Irish Republic on 1st May 1849, and would have attended Rathkell National School w... | ||||||
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Liverpool Echo | (2009) | MARITIME TALES: CARPATHIA RESCUE MISSON TO THE TITANIC RELIVED IT STARTED out as a routine voyage between New York and the Adriatic and ended as one of the greatest rescues in the history of the sea. The Cunard liner was not long on her journey when her radio operator contacted another ship with a sta... | 10th October 2009 | ||
| New York Times | (1941) | 14 IN GLASS TRADE FINED IN TRUST CASE They Plead Nolo Contendere at Chicago on Price-Fixing --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- CHICAGO, Jan. 22---Fourteen corporate and individual defendants in the glazing industry, accused of fixing prices of glass... | 23rd January 1941 | |||
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Irish Independent | (2009) | 'TITANIC' DIRECTOR AND CAST ARE ASKED TO HELP SHIP'S LAST SURVIVOR By ALISON O'RIORDANSunday April 26 2009An Irish author and photographer, Don Mullan, is challenging the director and cast of the 1997 film Titanic to take care of the last living link to the 1912 maritime tragedy. ... | 29th April 2009 | ||
| Washington Times | (1912) | PRESIDENT’S AIDE AMONG PASSENGERS ON CRIPPLED SHIP Major Butt Was to Have Returned to Capital Shortly --- Major Archibald Butt, military aid to President; Clarence Moore, prominent in Washington social and financial circles, as well as one of the city’s best known horsemen; Frank D. Mil... | 16th April 1912 | |||
| Denver Post | (1922) | WEALTHY COLORADO MINE OWNER DIES Page 1 and 3 James Brown, Multi-Millionaire, Once Denverite Gained Riches at Leadville James J. Brown, former Denver multi-millionaire mine owner, who became famous as one of the four original owners of the Ibex or Lit... | 7th September 1922 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | PEACE MEN MOURN THEIR LOSS Andrew Carnegie Signs Resolutions of Regret for Five Members --- The National Committee for the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of peace among English-speaking peoples in 1914-1915 sent out yesterday this resolution passed ... | 21st April 1912 | |||
| San Francisco Call & Post | (1919) | DR. DODGE DIES AS RESULT OF WOUNDS Page 2, column 2 [Photo] Dr. Washington Dodge, former banker, supervisor, library trustee and assessor of San Francisco, died at 9:25 o'clock this morning at the St. Francis Hospital from a bullet wound self-inflicted a ... | 30th June 1919 | |||
| San Francisco Chronicle | (1912) | DR. DODGE AND FAMILY MAY HAVE MISSED TITANIC Page 2 [Photo] Assessor Washington Dodge, Mrs. Washington Dodge Relatives of Assessor Received Word That He Would Stop Over in Paris Shortly before 2 o'clock this morning the "Chronicle" was notified by... | 16th April 1912 | |||
| San Francisco Bulletin | (1919) | SUICIDAL BULLET IS FATAL TO DR. DODGE Page 1, Column 4 PHYSICIAN EXPIRES FROM SHOT Dr. Washington Dodge died early today in St. Francis Hospital as the result of a bullet wound which he inflicted June 21 while in a fit of despondency brought on by illness.... | 30th June 1919 | |||
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(1998) | SEVENTY-FIVE REGISTERED LETTERS WERE SENT (FROM NORWAY) WITH THE TITANIC IN 1912 I wanted to read what some Norwegian newspapers had written about the Titanic disaster. In the local newspaper Lillesandsposten dated 23rd April 1912 , I read this: There was a large amount of mail sent with the Titanic. There is in ge... | 26th August 1998 | |||
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Irish Independent | (2009) | 'TITANIC' DIRECTOR AND CAST ARE ASKED TO HELP SHIP'S LAST SURVIVOR By Alison O'RiordanSunday April 26 2009An Irish author and photographer, Don Mullan, is challenging the director and cast of the 1997 film Titanic to take care of the last living link to the 1912 maritime tragedy. ... | 26th April 2009 | ||
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(1910) | SAMUEL GOLDENBERG'S FIRST DISASTER The French paper Le Journal, on 20 April 1912, read: "Mr. S.-L. Goldenberg crosses the Atlantic three times a year; he was a passenger on the liner that caused the Pluviôse disaster. As an important lace importer, he is well known on t... | 26th May 1910 | |||
| Castle Carey Visitor | (1912) | CARYITES ON BOARD The loss of the Titanic has been keenly felt in Castle Cary: as apart from its being a National Disaster, there were a number of Caryites on board. Mr. Sam Herman, for many years a butcher in the town, and for some years proprietor of the Britannia H... | April 1912 | |||
| The Evening Post | (1912) | LEAPS FROM LINER’S DECK. Major Walker Takes His Life at Sea ... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| Kerry Sentinel | (1912) | THE TITANIC'S TRALEE DOCTOR FRIENDS TO HONOUR HIS MEMORY Queenstown, Monday. It is a pleasure to know that the many memorials which are to be raised in connection with the Titanic disaster, the popular Irish physician, Dr F N O'Loughlin is not to be forgot... | 25th May 1912 | |||
| New York Times Book Review | (1956) | THE LEGENDS STAY AFLOAT DOWN TO ETERNITY. By Richard O'Connor. 191 pp. New York:Gold Medal Books. 35 cents. --- By BURKE WILKINSON --- Anyone interested in the Titanic disaster will want to read this book, if only to com... | 19th February 1956 | |||
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Belfast Telegraph | TITANIC'S SISTER SHIP NOMADIC 'LEFT TO ROT' The Titanic’s little sister has been left to all but rot away for three years as she awaits decisions on how she will be restored, it has been claimed. Rupert Keyzar has spent almost three years caring for SS Nomadic, the tender that carried fi... | ||||
| The Shipwrecked Mariner Quarterly Maritime Magazine (1882) | SHIPBUILDING IN IRELAND SHIPBUILDING IN IRELAND.-Whatever may be said of other branches of Irish industry, its shipbuilding may, it would appear, compare not unfavourably with that of any other part of the kingdom. The Clyde claims pre-eminence, but Mes... | |||||
| Washington Times | (1912) | NATION MAY RAISE GREAT MEMORIAL TO DISASTER’S HERO Whole Country Likely to Be Asked to Contribute to Fund for Monument to Major Butt, Who Gave Life for Others --- An agitation has been started at the White House among the friends of Major Archibald Butt for the erection of a memorial mo... | 20th April 1912 | |||
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BBC News | (2009) | UK DIVER DIES ON BRITANNIC FILM SHOOT A British man has died during an underwater filming mission, the Greek government has said.The diver, 37, was part of a National Geographic crew exploring a British ship, which was sunk during World War I and is owned by a UK businessman.... | 24th May 2009 | ||
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guardian.co.uk | (2009) | SINKING OF THE TITANIC: THE WATERY SOUND MEDITATION RETURNS Gavin Bryars's piece of 'conceptual art' music has been performed in a swimming pool and water tower by child violinists and an experimental DJ. It now comes to the Roundhouse Comments (1)The Sinking of the Titanic, whose latest incarnat... | 11th May 2009 | ||
| San Francisco Chronicle | (1919) | DR. WASHINGTON DODGE DIES AT LOCAL HOSPITAL Section 2, page 13, columns 7-8 [Photo] Gunshot Wound, Inflicted in Attempt to Kill Himself June 21, Causes Death RELATIVES AT BEDSIDE Financier and Ex-Assessor Unconscious for 3 Days Befo... | 1st July 1919 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | NEW VERSION OF BUTT'S TRIP Was Passenger on Titanic at the Whim of Close Friend --- Richard B. Watrous, Secretary of the American Civic Association, with offices in Washington, watched the bulletin boards in Times Square with great anxiety yesterday to see if any... | 17th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1934) | EX-WIFE GIVES UP CLAIM ON W. K. DICK Bride of Fiermonte, Boxer, and Once Widow of J. J. Astor, Rejects Dower --- GOT DIVORCE LAST JULY --- She Also Relinquished $300,000 Income From First Husband's Estate When She Wed in 1916 --- Mrs. Enzo Fierm... | 21st March 1934 | |||
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ET Reviews | (2009) | LOST VOICES OF THE TITANIC : THE DEFINITIVE ORAL HISTORY ... | 21st October 2009 | ||
| The Evening Post | (1912) | MASSACHUSETTS VICTIMS OF THE TITANIC TRAGEDY George Q Clifford of Stoughton, president of Belcher Last company, Herbert Henry Hilliard of 42 Hichorn street, Brighton Timothy J.,... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1937) | J. BRUCE ISMAY, 74, TITANIC SURVIVOR Ex-Head of White Star Line Who Retired After Sea Tragedy Dies in London --- LONDON, Oct. 18 (AP)---Joseph Bruce Ismay, former chairman of the White Star Line and a survivor of the Titanic disaster in 1912, died here last night. He was 7... | 19th October 1937 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | STRAUS A FAMOUS MERCHANT Member Both of R. H. Macy & Co. and Abraham & Straus --- Isidor Straus, who, with Mrs. Straus, was aboard the Titanic, was born in Rhenish Bavaria on Feb. 6, 1845. His father's family came to this country in 1852, and settled at Talbott... | 16th April 1912 | |||
| San Francisco Examiner | (1919) | DR. DODGE DIES FROM WOUNDS HE INFLICTED Page 8, column 1 Former Banker, Assessor and Supervisor Succumbs Nine Days After Attempt at Suicide Funeral Service Will Be Held on Thursday Morning: Bishop Nichols Will Be in Charge Dr. Washington Dodg... | 1st July 1919 | |||
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Galesburg.com | (2008) | GALESBURG MAN LED A CHARMED BUT HARROWING LIFE Tracking History — On Sunday evening, April 14, 1913, a wall caved in at the historic Lindell House Hotel on Depot Street near the Knox College campus. Originally known as the American Hotel it... | 16th May 2008 | ||
| Elizabeth Daily Journal | (1912) | RAHWAY MAN ON LOST SHIP Arthur Keefe Passenger on Liner Titanic ---------- SISTER ANXIOUSLY AWAITS NEWS OF DISASTER ---------- (Special to the Journal) Rahway, April 16---Almost frantic with anxiety and grief, Mrs. Margaret O’Brien... | 16th April 1912 | |||
| LETTER FROM CATERINA GILARDINO, NIECE OF VINCENZO GILARDINO I do not know the year Vincenzo Gilardino came to England but it must have been in the last years of the 1800s because in 1901 my father (Paulo) Gustavo, Vincenzo's brother, was sent to England by their father to try + persuade Vincenzo to return to ... | ||||||
| New York Times | (1899) | THOMAS HENRY ISMAY DEAD Founder and Chairman of Board of Directors of White Star Line---Gave £20,000 for Poor Sailors --- LIVERPOOL, Nov. 23---Thomas Henry Ismay, the founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the White Star Line Steamship Company, died... | 24th November 1899 | |||
| New York Times | (1949) | KARL H. BEHR DIES; DILLON, READ AIDE Page 87, column 3 Vice President of Banking Firm for 24 Years Once Known as Leading Tennis Player. Karl H. Behr, vice president of Dillon, Read & Co., bankers, 28 Nassau Street, who was one of the country's leading tenni... | 16th October 1949 | |||
| New York Times | (1940) | CHICAGO'S GLAZERS ACCUSED ON PRICES Federal Indictments Charge Industry Joined in Fixing a Common Schedule --- UNION AS THE ENFORCER --- Fifth Action in Investigation of Building Trades Cites Seven Corporations --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES... | 11th May 1940 | |||
| New York Times | (1923) | HOPE HAMPTON KEPT HER WEDDING SECRET Film Star Married Jules E. Brulatour, Her Manager, Aug. 22---His Third Marriage --- To the surprise of their friends it became known yesterday that Hope Hampton, the motion picture actress who was last seen on the screen in "The Gold Di... | 8th November 1923 | |||
| New York Times | (1934) | MOTHER OF ASTOR TO ATTEND BRIDAL Despite Illness, Mrs. Fiermonte Goes Alone to Newport for Marriage to Miss French --- FORMER HUSBAND A GUEST --- W. K. Dick to Be in Trinity Church Today---Rehearsal for the Ceremony Takes Place --- Special ... | 30th June 1934 | |||


















































