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LADY DUFF GORDON   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
JOHN PIERPONT MORGAN   JOHN PIERPONT MORGAN
Portrait of the great financier, industrialist and shipowner....
STUDIO PORTRAIT OF CHARLOTTE CARDEZA   STUDIO PORTRAIT OF CHARLOTTE CARDEZA
PORTRAIT OF DOROTHY GIBSON   PORTRAIT OF DOROTHY GIBSON
Dorothy in a publicity portrait taken at the time of her joining Eclair Studios in the summer of 1911....
1911
PORTRAIT OF ROSA ABBOTT   PORTRAIT OF ROSA ABBOTT
Portrait of Rosa Abbott Photograph of Titanic survivor Rhoda Abbott to be sold at auction in Devizes in April. ...
19th February 2010
GUGLIELMO MARCONI Le Petit Journal GUGLIELMO MARCONI
From 'Le Petit Journal', 24 November 1908...
24th November 1908
MAJOR ARCHIBALD BUTT STUDIO PORTRAIT   MAJOR ARCHIBALD BUTT STUDIO PORTRAIT
From 'The Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters'...
OLE MARTIN OLSON FAMILY PORTRAIT   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
DOROTHY GIBSON (1911)   DOROTHY GIBSON (1911)
Dorothy Gibson in a 1911 promotional portrait...
1911
New York Times 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
ISIDOR STRAUS STUDIO PORTRAIT   ISIDOR STRAUS STUDIO PORTRAIT
From 'Sinking of the Titanic'...
BERTHE LEROY IN 1956   BERTHE LEROY IN 1956
From 'Santa Barbara News Press'...
1956
New York Times 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
NORMANDIE: A PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT Gare Maritime NORMANDIE: A PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT
Jim Kalafus
Spectacular views of the quintessential superliner....
1st January 2006 Gare Maritime
New York Times 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
DAGMAR BRYHL   DAGMAR BRYHL
MARY FORTUNE PORTRAIT   MARY FORTUNE PORTRAIT
PORTRAIT OF ALGERNON BARKWORTH   PORTRAIT OF ALGERNON BARKWORTH
PORTRAIT OF FATHER BYLES   PORTRAIT OF FATHER BYLES
PORTRAIT OF HILDA SLAYTER   PORTRAIT OF HILDA SLAYTER
PORTRAIT OF JANE HERMAN   PORTRAIT OF JANE HERMAN
portrait...
PORTRAIT OF PAUL MAUGé   PORTRAIT OF PAUL MAUGé
PORTRAIT OF THOMAS ANDREWS   PORTRAIT OF THOMAS ANDREWS
PORTRAIT OF 'MOLLY' BROWN   PORTRAIT OF 'MOLLY' BROWN
1909
PORTRAIT OF ELEANOR WIDENER   PORTRAIT OF ELEANOR WIDENER
1909
PORTRAIT OF ANNA TURJA   PORTRAIT OF ANNA TURJA
1912
PORTRAIT OF QUIGG BAXTER Toronto Daily Star PORTRAIT OF QUIGG BAXTER
17th April 1912
GOLD QUEEN   GOLD QUEEN
1930
CHARLES M. HAYS - STUDIO PORTRAIT   CHARLES M. HAYS - STUDIO PORTRAIT
JAMES VIVIAN DREW   JAMES VIVIAN DREW
PORTRAIT OF ADRIEN FINNIN CHABOISSON   PORTRAIT OF ADRIEN FINNIN CHABOISSON
PORTRAIT OF CHARLES LEONARD KIRKLAND   PORTRAIT OF CHARLES LEONARD KIRKLAND
Portrait...
PORTRAIT OF JEAN BAPTISTE PACHERA   PORTRAIT OF JEAN BAPTISTE PACHERA
PORTRAIT OF JOHN BERTRAM CRAFTON   PORTRAIT OF JOHN BERTRAM CRAFTON
PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM THOMAS FOX   PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM THOMAS FOX
STUDIO PORTRAIT OF LEONARD HICKMAN   STUDIO PORTRAIT OF LEONARD HICKMAN
PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM THOMAS STEAD   PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM THOMAS STEAD
1905
PORTRAIT OF SIR COSMO DUFF GORDON   PORTRAIT OF SIR COSMO DUFF GORDON
1908
PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM THOMAS STEAD   PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM THOMAS STEAD
1910
PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM J. MELLORS C.1925   PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM J. MELLORS C.1925
1925
JAMES CLINCH SMITH STUDIO PORTRAIT   JAMES CLINCH SMITH STUDIO PORTRAIT
PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT OF CHARLOTTE CARDEZA   PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT OF CHARLOTTE CARDEZA
STUDIO PORTRAIT BELIEVED TO BE OF RICHARD PARSONS   STUDIO PORTRAIT BELIEVED TO BE OF RICHARD PARSONS
THOMAS ANDREWS : HARLAND AND WOLFF PORTRAIT   THOMAS ANDREWS : HARLAND AND WOLFF PORTRAIT
PORTRAIT OF MADELEINE FORCE ASTOR IN MOURNING   PORTRAIT OF MADELEINE FORCE ASTOR IN MOURNING
1912
CAPTAIN STANLEY LORD   CAPTAIN STANLEY LORD
PORTRAIT OF VINCENZO PIO GILARDINO   PORTRAIT OF VINCENZO PIO GILARDINO
THE ASTORS L'Excelsior THE ASTORS
Portrait of JJ Astor and young bride Madeleine...
20th April 1912
EDITH ROSENBAUM RUSSELL FROM A PORTRAIT BY ARNOLD GENTHE   EDITH ROSENBAUM RUSSELL FROM A PORTRAIT BY ARNOLD GENTHE
1920
NOELLE, COUNTESS OF ROTHES (PORTRAIT BY MONRO MACKIE)   NOELLE, COUNTESS OF ROTHES (PORTRAIT BY MONRO MACKIE)
Portrait...
1923
LUCY DUFF GORDON, PORTRAIT BY RITA MARTIN, LONDON   LUCY DUFF GORDON, PORTRAIT BY RITA MARTIN, LONDON
1910
Elmer Times 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
PORTRAIT OF LUCY, LADY DUFF GORDON AT WORK IN HER NEW YORK SALON, BY ARNOLD GENTHE   PORTRAIT OF LUCY, LADY DUFF GORDON AT WORK IN HER NEW YORK SALON, BY ARNOLD GENTHE
1916
PORTRAIT OF JACQUES FUTRELLE   PORTRAIT OF JACQUES FUTRELLE
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...
STUDIO PORTRAIT OF BERTHE LEROY   STUDIO PORTRAIT OF BERTHE LEROY
Berthe is shown wearing the Carpathia brooch....
PORTRAIT OF LUCY DUFF GORDON BY MARCEAU, NEW YORK   PORTRAIT OF LUCY DUFF GORDON BY MARCEAU, NEW YORK
1910
STATENDAM 1929. CA. 1923 BROCHURE. STATENDAM PORTRAIT.   STATENDAM 1929. CA. 1923 BROCHURE. STATENDAM PORTRAIT.
Notice that this depicts the lost pre-war Statendam, with it's superstructure extension and counter stern....
Gare Maritime
GRAF ZEPPELIN. PORTRAIT.   GRAF ZEPPELIN. PORTRAIT.
A commercially produced view of the airship, probably dating to the late 1920s....
Gare Maritime
WILLIAM THOMAS STEAD STUDIO PORTRAIT   WILLIAM THOMAS STEAD STUDIO PORTRAIT
From 'Sinking of the Titanic'...
ANDREWS FAMILY PORTRAIT   ANDREWS FAMILY PORTRAIT
Thomas Andrews or Tommie (to his friends and family) is sitting with his hands on his legs....
1895
RICHARD NORRIS WILLIAMS II ACCEPTING THE TROPHY HE WON IN THE NATIONAL DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP   RICHARD NORRIS WILLIAMS II ACCEPTING THE TROPHY HE WON IN THE NATIONAL DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP
1925
The Times MR. ISMAY'S GIFT TO THE MERCANTILE MARINE
MESSAGE FROM THE KING --- The Mercantile Marine Service Association, Liverpool, having informed the King that Mr. Bruce Ismay had contributed £25,000 for the purpose of founding a ...
3rd January 1919
CAPTAIN ARTHUR ROSTRON   CAPTAIN ARTHUR ROSTRON
From 'Sinking of the Titanic'...
1912
BOYKETT HERBERT JUPE   BOYKETT HERBERT JUPE
Portrait of Herbert Jupe, third assistant electrician. ...
Camden Post-Telegram 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
W. T. STEAD   W. T. STEAD
Portrait of William Thomas Stead...
INVENTOR OF THE LIFEBOAT Sphere INVENTOR OF THE LIFEBOAT
The Lukin Grave in England...
21st December 1912
JOSEPH BRUCE ISMAY   JOSEPH BRUCE ISMAY
From 'Sinking of the Titanic'...
PORTRAIT OF ANNA TURJA   PORTRAIT OF ANNA TURJA
Anna Turja after her arrival in America....
1912
New York Times 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
BERTHE LEROY IN LATER LIFE   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....
Chicago Examiner GIANTS IN TITANIC BENEFIT
Will Play Yankees Sunday to Aid Survivors of Sunken Liner New York, April 19---President John T. Brush of the National League baseball team announced today that the Giants would play an exhibition game with the New Y...
20th April 1912
Camden Daily Courier 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
THORNTON DAVIDSON   THORNTON DAVIDSON
Studio portrait of Thornton Davidson ...
Godalming and District News 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
THOMAS SILVA   THOMAS SILVA
Portrait of Thomas Silva...
Gare Maritime
COLETTE ABOARD THE NORMANDIE   COLETTE ABOARD THE NORMANDIE
Novelist Colette, perhaps the most illustrious passenger aboard after Mme leBrun, in a candid shot....
May 1935 Gare Maritime
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY CENOTAPH   ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY CENOTAPH
The place chosen by Maj. Butt as his final resting place...
WILLIAM THOMAS STEAD, A PORTRAIT   WILLIAM THOMAS STEAD, A PORTRAIT
From Sciences et Voyages # 5, 1919...
1919
CAPTAIN EDWARD JOHN SMITH ON OLYMPIC   CAPTAIN EDWARD JOHN SMITH ON OLYMPIC
From 'Sinking of the Titanic'...
May 1911
CAPTAIN EDWARD JOHN SMITH ON OLYMPIC   CAPTAIN EDWARD JOHN SMITH ON OLYMPIC
From 'Sinking of the Titanic'...
May 1911
New York Times 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
  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
New York Times 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
New York Dramatic Mirror 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
New York Times 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 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)......
THE UNLUCKY STATENDAM Gare Maritime THE UNLUCKY STATENDAM
Jim Kalafus
Views of the elegant ocean liner...
18th December 2006 Gare Maritime
TITANIC'S LAST STOP, COBH   TITANIC'S LAST STOP, COBH
Titanic Stories
Michael Martin, creator of ‘The Titanic Trail’ takes us on a tour of Cobh, the Titanic’s last port of call. He sets the scene of the day that Titanic left the Ireland, taking in the White Star Line Of...
29th October 2011
EUGENE DALY WITH PIPES, 1910   EUGENE DALY WITH PIPES, 1910
Eugene Daly as a member of the Irish National Foresters band, Athlone, Co. Westmeath, Ireland, 1910. Contributor's collection. ...
Chicago Inter Ocean 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
TITANIC SURVIVORS Titanic Stories TITANIC SURVIVORS
Titanic Stories
A first class passenger, second officer and fireman recall the moments leading up to Titanic finally going down. ...
30th September 2011
SENATOR W. A. SMITH   SENATOR W. A. SMITH
From a French paper, May 1912...
1912
New York Times 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
ADOLF MATTMAN   ADOLF MATTMAN
Portrait of a la carte restaurant Iceman Adolf Mattman "Ein opfer der titanic" "A victim of the Titanic" ...
Somerset Standard 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 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 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 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
Newark Evening News 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 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 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 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 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 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
GEORGE ALFRED HOGG IN 1919   GEORGE ALFRED HOGG IN 1919
Titanic lookout George Hogg in a 1919 picture...
1919
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea News 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
The Times 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
Philadelphia Inquirer 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
  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 ...
THE CAP ARCONA : GALLERY OF A LOVELY - DOOMED LINER Gare Maritime THE CAP ARCONA : GALLERY OF A LOVELY - DOOMED LINER
Jim Kalafus
Recalling the loveliest of the 'forgotten' liners...
14th July 2007 Gare Maritime
TITANIC MEMORABILIA Titanic Stories TITANIC MEMORABILIA
Titanic Stories
A scratched and pitted piece of wood from a staircase. A china-faced doll with a tattered dress. A piece of coal lifted from two miles below the ocean surface. All these are highly desirable items if they are connected with one source… the Titanic....
Dictionary of National Biography (1901) ISMAY, THOMAS HENRY
Prof. Sir John Knox Laughton, Litt.D.
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 (...
  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 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 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 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
The Times £25,000 FOR BRITISH MERCHANTMEN
The Times, 2 January 1919 MR. ISMAY'S MUNIFICENT GIFT --- Mr. J. Bruce Ismay, son of the founder of the White Star Line, has given £25,000 in War Loan stock to the Mercanti...
2nd January 1919
  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. ...
WHERE TITANIC WAS BUILT Titanic Stories WHERE TITANIC WAS BUILT
Titanic Stories
You many think Belfast is famous for producing one thing, the Titanic. You would be wrong. Titanic may be the best known export but she was by no means the only innovative piece of engineering to leave these shores....
11th July 2008
New York Times 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 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
TITANIC FASHION, AN EDWARDIAN MAKEOVER Titanic Stories TITANIC FASHION, AN EDWARDIAN MAKEOVER
Titanic Stories
For first class passengers on board Titanic, status was everything. Where you sat at dinner, the size of your suite and who you played cards with all marked out your position in society.But perhaps the most visual way to make your social statement was by what you wore. For the ladies in particular, an ensemble by the latest on trend designer could put you ahead of the game. You certainly could not be seen at dinner in the same dress as the night before.It was an era when fashion trends were moving quickly and even amongst the older generation there was a need to be seen to embrace modernity. One fashion faux-pas could knock you down the social ladder. It was a complicated game to play....
26th August 2011
Los Angeles Times 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
New York Times 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 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 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 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
Titanic Stories A LUCKY ESCAPE FROM THE TITANIC - FATHER BROWNE
Titanic Stories
Hear the story of the man who captured unique photos of Titanic before she sank. He was luckily summoned back to his duties instead of going on the maiden voyage....
12th May 2011
THE BUTT-MILLET MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN, 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 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 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 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 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 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
Evening Bulletin 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 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 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
  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 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
Laguna Beach Post TITANIC SURVIVOR MEMORIAL SERVICE
Lilian Minahan Obituary...
25th January 1962
TITANIC TEXT : DEMYSTIFYING HISTORICAL STUDY Titanic Research TITANIC TEXT : DEMYSTIFYING HISTORICAL STUDY
Randy Bryan Bigham
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
New York Times WILL PAY A BET TO MORGAN
Gen. Gill to Give Him a Fine Maryland Dinner To-night --- Special to The New York Times --- BALTIMORE, Md., Jan 14---Gen. John Gill, while returning from Eur...
15th January 1910
New York Times 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
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : THIRD CLASS LOUNGE, 1938   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : THIRD CLASS LOUNGE, 1938
THIRD CLASS LOUNGE: Main Deck. A striking room of reds, whites and blues. Walls, partly satinwood, partly of Hasco-relief. Ceiling white, with dropped sides. Floor covered with soft, speckled, light gray carpet. Chairs satinwood, some upholstered in ...
Gare Maritime
Atlantic City Daily Press 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 $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 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
FINDING DOROTHY : REVIEWED Titanic Review FINDING DOROTHY : REVIEWED
Monica Hall
Randy Bryan Bigham’s book, Finding Dorothy is interesting. Less so, perhaps, for the ‘techies’ amongst us, but certainly for the legion of humanities researchers who are primarily interested in the pe...
19th July 2005
  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...
New York Times 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
Washington Times 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 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
San Francisco Call & Post 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 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
New York Times 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 Bulletin 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
SEVENTY-FIVE REGISTERED LETTERS WERE SENT (FROM NORWAY) WITH THE TITANIC IN 1912   SEVENTY-FIVE REGISTERED LETTERS WERE SENT (FROM NORWAY) WITH THE TITANIC IN 1912
Arne Mjaland
Top row 5th from left: Jorgen Birkesfol who sent a registered letter with Titanic...
26th August 1998
SAMUEL GOLDENBERG'S FIRST DISASTER   SAMUEL GOLDENBERG'S FIRST DISASTER
Had already experienced disaster in 1910...
26th May 1910
Castle Carey Visitor 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 LEAPS FROM LINER'S DECK.
Major Walker Takes His Life at Sea   ...
20th April 1912
Kerry Sentinel 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 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
STATEROOMS AND SUITES FOR EVERY DESIRE - RIO BROCHURE (PAGE 4)   STATEROOMS AND SUITES FOR EVERY DESIRE - RIO BROCHURE (PAGE 4)
THE plain, unembellished statistics of the NORMANDIE are most impressive.. well nigh staggering in the immensity they represent. 83,122 tons register, 1029 feet of length, 119 feet of breadth, turbines that develop 160,000 horse power, enormous ov...
1937 Gare Maritime
Washington Times 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
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...
San Francisco Chronicle 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 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 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
LOST VOICES OF THE TITANIC : THE DEFINITIVE ORAL HISTORY Titanic Review LOST VOICES OF THE TITANIC : THE DEFINITIVE ORAL HISTORY
Dave Bryceson
Reviewed by Dave Bryceson...
21st October 2009
TITANIC CAPTAIN: THE LIFE OF EDWARD JOHN SMITH Titanic Review TITANIC CAPTAIN: THE LIFE OF EDWARD JOHN SMITH
Inger Sheil
Inger Sheil reviews a fully revised biography of Titanic's Captain...
18th January 2012
The Evening Post 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 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
San Francisco Examiner 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
New York Times 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
  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 ...
Elizabeth Daily Journal 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
New York Times 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
Arlington Advocate A W NEWELL OF LEXINGTON
Among the passengers were A. W. Newell, of 20 Percy road, Lexington, and two of his daughters, Misses Madeline and Marjorie. Mr. Newell is president of the Fourth National Bank of Boston, and is well known and widely acquainted in business circ...
20th April 1912
New York Times 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 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 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
Billboard Magazine HENRY B. HARRIS
Loses Life When Ill-Fated Titanic Sinks – Other Victims Of Disaster Connected With Amusement Field Include Albert A. Stewart, Emil Brandeis and Franz Addelmann – Dorothy Gibson Saved New York, April 20 (Special to Billb...
27th April 1912
  CHINESE SAILORS ON THE TITANIC
Eight sailors from Hong Kong, boarded the Titanic together at Southampton......
New York Times HENRY B. HARRIS
Well-Known Theatrical Manager Who Has Won Many Successes --- Henry B. Harris, who leaped into prominence in the New York theatrical field only about half a dozen years ago as manager, and producer, was, nevertheless, a veteran of many y...
16th April 1912
New York Times 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
LEST WE FORGET : HENRY SONNEBORN Gare Maritime LEST WE FORGET : HENRY SONNEBORN
Jim Kalafus
Setting the record straight...
13th January 2006 Gare Maritime
 

 
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