Grand Staircase

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	TITANIC GRAND STAIRCASE 3D MODEL A tour visual Titanic's Grand Staircase...
Regina Leader-Post	FIVE-STAR ST. JOHN'S INN BOASTS LINKS TO TITANIC If you're a fan of the blockbuster movie Titanic, the elegant staircase at the Ryan Mansion Inn might deliver a sense of deja vu.The ship, which sank off the coast of Newfoundland in 1912, was luxuriously furnished to capture the growing transatlantic traffic of the era. Its grand staircase to the first-class quarters was a hallmark of the liner's opulence....	28th July 2008
BBC News	VIDEO: RAISING A TITANIC STAIRCASE The best known ship to sail from Belfast had a famous set of steps inside. Anyone who has seen a film about the Titanic will remember the scenes around the grand staircase. Now Northern Ireland joiners are building a replica for the new Titanic visitor centre in Belfast. Chris Page's report begins with the exclusive pictures of the wreck on the Atlantic seabed filmed by BBC Newsline's Mike McKimm six years ago. ...	6th October 2011
BBC News	SON IN STEP WITH TITANIC MEMORY The living links to the workers who built the Titanic are becoming fewer as time passes. But one got in touch with me after seeing my report on BBC Newsline about the joiners in County Londonderry who are building a replica of the Titanic's grand staircase. John Flynn's grandfather, also called John, was a joiner who worked on the original staircase. It was one of the most spectacular sights on board the most famous ship to sail from Belfast. ...	25th October 2011
	CARVED OAK SECTION Detail of carved oak section originally part of the handrail of Titanic's 1st class aft grand staircase. Found amid the floating debris by the Cable Steamer Minia....
	OLYMPIC CLOCK A study fot the Olympic's clock in the Grand Staircase, pictured at Southampton's Maritime Museum....
	STAIRCASE OF MRS CARDEZA'S HOME, MONTEBELLO
The Guardian	TITANIC BROCHURE EXPECTED TO FETCH Â£15,000 AT AUCTION The most poignant view in the 1911 brochure boasting of the splendour of the Titanic is not the sketch of the bronze, balustraded grand staircase, the verandah cafe with its colonial rattan armchairs, the smoking room, the swimming pool or the opulent dining rooms....	15th April 2010
Toronto Star	LAST DINNER ON THE TITANIC The year is 1912. As the Titanic steams toward its destiny an iceberg 563 kilometres off the coast of Newfoundland its first-class dining room glows with life. Distinguished guests descend the Grand Staircase into a room glittering with silver and crystal, anticipating another sumptuous meal served on 24-karat, gold-rimmed china....	30th September 2008
	TITANIC CHANDELIER A light fitting from the Olympic, identical to ones fitted in the Grand Staircase of the Titanic ...
	RMS OLYMPIC ARCHIVE FILM (3) Taking the elevators; the grand staircase; dancing in the saloon; smoking room; at Cherbourg; Nomadic comes alongside; passengers disembark...
	NORMANDIE: GRILL ROOM STAIRCASE LOOKING INTO SMOKING ROOM 1935	1935
Toronto Star	NEW TITANIC ARTIFACTS UNVEILED AT HALIFAX MUSEUM HALIFAX A rosette fashioned from splintered pieces of the Titanic's grand staircase and a simple canvas bag used to transport one man's belongings to his grieving widow were unveiled Tuesday in Halifax, where 150 victims of the infamous maritime disaster are buried.The items, which were acquired in October from an auction in England, have been placed on display at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic 97 years after the ill-fated luxury liner sank to the bottom of the North Atlantic....	16th April 2009
New York Times	GRAND DUKE AT NEWPORT Czar's Brother-in-Law the Guest of Mrs. John Astor --- Special to The New York Times --- NEWPORT, R. I., Aug.21---Grand Duke Alexander Mikailovitch, the Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna, arrived to-night from New York to v...	30th August 1913
WZZM	TITANIC THE ARTIFACT EXHIBITION COMING TO GRAND RAPIDS The group that brought a controversial bodies exhibit to Grand Rapids is at it again. The Grand Rapids Public Museum will host Titanic The Artifact Exhibition next year which is the 100th anniversary of the ship's sinking....	26th March 2011
belfasttelegraph.co.uk	COUPLES OFFERED TITANIC WEDDING A Titanic-themed wedding might not provide the ideal metaphor for a plain-sailing future together, but that is unlikely to discourage couples reserving Northern Ireland's latest venue for their big day. The Titanic Suite perched high in the roof of a new £100 million visitor attraction in Belfast dedicated to the doomed liner has started taking bookings ahead of its opening next year. The fifth and sixth floors of the centre replicate the opulent surrounds of the ship's first class banqueting room, complete with the famous sweeping grand staircase....	11th August 2011
	THE GRAND STAIRWAY The Grand Stairway, sweeping upward from the Smoking Room, is regal in its proportions and dazzling in its decoration....	1937
	POSTWAR 2. THE NEW GRAND HALL THE GRAND HALL: Breathtaking in size and beauty, the Grand Hall boasts a dual personality. A restful lounge by day, it is equally effective as a brilliant setting for gala evening festivities. Its colors selected to form a perfect foil for exquisi...
Chicago Examiner	WIDOW AND DAUGHTERS OF HAYS SPEED HOME New York, April 18---Mrs. Charles M. Hays and her two daughters, Miss Margaret Hays and Mrs. Thornton Davidson, survivors of the Titanic wreck, were met at the pier by a large party of friends. Mr. Hays, president of the Grand Trunk Railw...	19th April 1912
	STATENDAM 1929. CA. 1923 BROCHURE. STAIRCASE AND HALL.
	STATENDAM 1929. CA. 1923 BROCHURE. STAIRCASE AND HALL.
	NIEUW AMSTERDAM : GRAND HALL CEILING, 1938. WHAT BECAME OF THE GRAND HALL: The Grand Hall was destined to become the only room in First class to be entirely remodeled after the war. Evidently the daring , predominantly gray, color scheme worked better on paper as a means of â€œfeminine enhan...
New York Times	HAYS HEADS GRAND TRUNK Directors of Canadian Line Elect Rock Island, Ill., Man Present [sic] --- LONDON, Jan. 7---At a meeting to-day of the Directors of the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada, Charles M. Hays was elected President. ...	8th January 1910
Newark Evening News	WORD RECEIVED HERE OF C. M. HAYS'S RESCUE Among those well known in this city and suburbs whose name has been flashed as among the rescued from the Titanic, is Charles Melville Hays, president of the Grand Trunk and the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway companies, of Canada, of Canada, a nephew of...	16th April 1912
Cornishman	CORNISH LADY'S EXPERIENCE (courtesy of the Western Morning News) Mrs Stephen Ould (sic), of Sacamento, USA formerly of St Keverne, was in her room in the second cabin section, preparing to retire when the boat struck. "It felt as if something had tried to ...	16th May 1912
examiner.com	'TITANIC' TO DROP ANCHOR IN TENNESSEE There have been maritime disasters that have taken more lives, and larger ships have sank since, but none have held the fascination like the RMS Titanic. Numerous books, movies, and even a musical have been written about her; there is a Titanic Historical Society, and googling Titanic results in 24,400,000 results....	8th July 2009
	ENTRANCE TO THE CHAPEL Dominating the spacious Grand Hall or Foyer is the allegorical painting 'Devotion' at the entrance to the Chapel...	1937
	CAP ARCONA STAIRWAY The stairway, like most of the other first class areas, emphasised light and space....
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
Worcester Evening Gazette	PRES. HAYS WIDOW LEAVES FOR HOME New York, April 19- Upon the arrival of the Carpathia, Mrs. Charles M. Hays, wife of the president of the Grand Trunk railway, who went down with the ill-fated Titanic and her two daughters, Mrs. Thornton Davidson and Miss. Margaret Hays, were met by...	20th April 1912
Sarasota Herald-Tribune	AN OCEAN-FLOOR VIEW OF TITANIC'S STAIRCASE Robert Williams first heard of the Titanic when his English grandmother gave him a copy of "The Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters" for his 8th birthday.The book, printed in 1912, was the first narrative of the disaster, and it made an instant impact....	6th October 2008
	HINDENBURG FOYER. Stereoview showing the Hindenburg's staircase and port-to-starboard corridor. This area managed to be functional yet, at the same time, fairly elegant. The bust of Hindenburg hangs to the right....
	GRILL ROOM STAIR DOWN TO SMOKE ROOM	1935
New York Times	J. P. MORGAN IN ROME Arrives There from Naples with His Sister, Mrs. Burns --- By Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times --- ROME, March 16---J. P. Morgan and his sister, Mrs. Burns, arrived from Naples this...	17th March 1912
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....
	SMOKE ROOM	1935
Washington Herald	COMMANDER OF THE ILL FATED TITANIC Capt. Smith was known for years as "The grand old man of the sea" and was probably one of the oldest and one of the most reliable mariners or ocean liners on the Atlantic....	17th April 1912
guardian.co.uk	CAN WE JUST PLEASE SINK THE TITANIC ONCE AND FOR ALL? The usual obsessing over the disaster has reached unfathomable depths for its 100th anniversary. Meet, once again, the ship they said was unsinkable. Or did they? Anyway: hubris! High society. Class. That staircase! Only two bathrooms in third. Eeeuw. The shortage of lifeboats. Maritime law reform. Women and children first? Edwardian chivalry. That cowardly owner. The band playing on. Though its final choice of tune is contested. We'll go with "Nearer, My God to Thee". Screams. Silence. The end, bow first. The news spread by wireless telegraph. The myth takes hold…...	25th March 2012
	RUHRSTEIN 1908 (FRONT) "Dear Herman Where I live X mark is Kemp Mansion. It is simply beautiful & we are having a grand old time. Love for all. Uncle Henry and Lee." ...
Calgary Herald	ANOTHER ADDED TO LIST OF LOST IS ALBERT MALLET, A TRAVELLER MONTREAL, April 20.- The disaster to the Titanic was brought poignantly home to Montrealers today by the arrival in the city of some of the Montreal survivors. At ten o'clock yesterday morning a special train pulled into the Grand Trunk st...	20th April 1912
	NIEUW AMSTERDAM : GRAND HALL, 1938. The Grand Hall has been intelligently decorated in tones of gray to enhance fully the glamorous effect of exquisitely gowned women and their escorts in evening dress. It extends two decks high and measuring seventy three feet long and fifty two feet ...
New York Times	TITANIC SURVIVOR DIES Mrs. Lilly Potter, 98, Was ‘Grand Old Lady’ of Red Cross --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 2---Mrs. Lilly A. Wilson Potter, a descendant of the Mayflower Pilgrims who was known as the “Grand Old Lady...	3rd January 1954
New York Times	CHARLES MELVILLE HAYS Grand Trunk President Planned Great Canadian Transcontinental --- Charles Melville Hays, President of the Grand Trunk and Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Companies, has been considered one of the most brilliant and successful of railroad of...	16th April 1912
The Toronto World	C. M. HAYS' CAREER When the White Star Liner Titanic struck an iceberg, it is feared Charles Melville Hays, president and general manager of the Grand Trunk Railway and the Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad was carried down with the doomed steamer. Mr. Hays had been in ...	17th April 1912
	NIEUW AMSTERDAM : GRAND HALL 1938 THE GRAND HALL: The Grand Hall is an excellent interpretation of the shipâ€™s predominating theme. Hendrik T. Wijdeveld conceived it as a subdued setting for the play of life that is continuously enacted here. The room is a symphony in gray that pro...
	SPEISEAAL 1908 (FRONT) Henry and Lee began their second Grand Tour witha crossing aboard NDL's four-stacker, Kaiser Wilhelm II. "En Route. June 27/08. Have had a dandy trip. Neither one of us sick a second. This is a fine steamer. Splendid meals. Love to all. Uncle Henry and Lee."...
The Times	MR. CHARLES M. HAYS MISSING (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT) --- MONTREAL, APRIL 18 --- A message by wireless telegraphy from the Carpatlhia was received at the offices of the Grand Trunk Railway Company in Montreal this morning signed ...	19th April 1912
	POSTWAR 1 EXQUISITE DÃ‰COR; in boldness of concept and beauty of design, the ebony and bronze stairway shown symbolizes the manner in which art and function have been blended in the Nieuw Amsterdam. Working hand-in-hand, Hollandâ€™s leading designe...
	1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. GRAND HALL.
	NIEUW AMSTERDAM : GRAND HALL PANELS. 1938.

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