Light Fittings

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	TITANIC CHANDELIER A light fitting from the Olympic, identical to ones fitted in the Grand Staircase of the Titanic ...
The Times	INVENTIONS SURGE AFTER TITANIC DISASTER Article...	19th April 1913
	BLADES OF FAN RECOVERED FROM WRECK SITE Pictured at a Titanic Artefact Exhibition...
The Times	AUCTION OF OLYMPIC FITTINGS SALE CONCLUDED The sale at Jarrow of the fittings of the Olympic concluded today, which was the tenth day, and the last lot offered was No.4,456.. The total realized was not announced, and several lots were not sold. On some days during ...	19th November 1935
	OLYMPIC COCKTAIL BAR The Olympic cocktail bar, now located in the lounge bar of the Lambton Hounds Inn, Pity Me, County Durham....
	LIGHT STREET TAVERN-CAFE The Sonneborn Cafe on Light Street, Baltimore. In 1900, the Sonneborn family was living in rooms over the care, along with boarder Leo Schwabacher. Herman Praetorius, Henry's nephew, was born in the house next door in 1895....
Hexham Courant	OLYMPIC FITTINGS TO BE SOLD OFF Helen Compson Summer 2004 news report...	21st May 2004
BBC News : Northern Ireland	NOMADIC FITTINGS GO AS RESTORATION BEGINS The hard work of restoring the last nautical link to the RMS Titanic has got under way. The SS Nomadic - used to ferry passengers to the ill-fated liner - was towed to Belfast in July. Over the weekend it was stripped of the artefacts of its last incarnation - as a floating restaurant in France. The government has spent almost £700,000 just buying and getting the ship back to Belfast. ...	30th October 2006
	MOHAWK BROCHURE 5 Wander where you will, Clyde Line steamers are always inviting. Broad staircases connect the decks and public rooms." "The SS Seneca is a fast and popular coastwise steamer."...
	MOHAWK BROCHURE 1 "Attractive furnishings and bright interiors add to the popularity of salons and music rooms." "Day and night the keen eyes of the ship's officers are alert and watchful on the bridge."...
	NIEUW AMSTERDAM : STUYVESANT CAFE VERANDAH. 1938. CAFÃ‰ VERANDAH: As an added attraction, the Stuyvesant CafÃ© features this sunny adjoining verandah with picture windows overlooking the Cabin Class Sports Deck and, beyond it, the creamy wake of the ship streaming back towards the horizon. The ver...
	MOHAWK BROCHURE 3 "Glass-enclosed promenades provide comfort in all weather." "When darkness shrouds the ocean or when the falling temperatureÂ emphasizes the comfort of indoors, then the many social halls and lounges become the center of attraction." ...
	MOHAWK BROCHURE 4 "Appetizing menus are just another link in the chain that makes "Clyde Line Service" famous." "The traditional "Ship Shape" of sea-going vessels is well exemplified in these kitchens." "On the highly polished dancing deck where hap...
Irish Times	COUNCIL GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO BELFAST TITANIC PROJECT Work on a signature project to commemorate the Titanic is set to get under way next month after Belfast City Council gave the project the green light today.The backing of councillors means all stakeholders have now rubber-stamped plans for a five-storey tourist attraction on the derelict shipyard where the famous liner was built almost 100 years ago. The total cost of the project will be in the region of £100 million (€110 million)....	17th December 2008
	MOHAWK BROCHURE 2 "Handy reading lights, electric fans, hot and cold running water - you will look in vain for a stateroom that has more comforts than these." "Charting a course on the trackless sea call for a fine skill and accuracy." "The ship's o...
	NIEUW AMSTERDAM : STUYVESANT CAFE, TOURIST CLASS. 1938. STUYVESANT CAFÃ‰ AND VERANDAH: Tourist Class. Overlooks the Sports Deck; has a dance floor and a large coriander bar upholster in artificial beige leather. Ceilings lacquered in Naples yellow; walls light pale green; pillars polished gold leaf; carp...
pendletoday.co.uk	TITANIC MUSEUM TO SET SAIL IN PENDLE A NEW museum opening in Colne will bring the stories of the people of Lancashire, on board the Titanic when it sank, to life. The Titanic in Lancashire Museum will be located in the old Colne Grammar School, off Church Street, and will feature photographs and models of the ship. Visitors will also be able to get a closer look at fittings identical to those seen on the Titanic from its sister ship, RMS Olympic....	7th June 2011
	SIBONEY LIFEBOAT RESCUE 2 "On the afternoon of June 20th we entered the American War Zone and on the afternoon of the 21st a red light followed by a column of smoke which was believed to be the torching of an oil burning vessel was seen. Drawing nearer it was found to be t...
Chicago Tribune	FILM STORY OF TITANIC SINKING GETS THE GREEN LIGHT LOOKING AT HOLLYWOOD by Hedda Hopper Film Story of Titanic Sinking Gets the Green Light Hollywood, Feb. 22--Darryl Zanuck has given the green light to Charlie Brac...	22nd February 1952
New York Times	FIERMONTE OUT 'FOREVER' Announces Permanent Retirement From Boxing Activities --- WESTHAMPTON BEACH, L. I., June 22---Enzo Fiermonte, light- heavyweight boxer and husband of Mrs. Madeline Force Astor Fiermonte, today announced his retirement from the ring "f...	22nd June 1934
com	JUDGE: SALVAGE FIRM HAS TITLE TO TITANIC ARTIFACTS A federal judge on Monday granted a company title to fine china, ship fittings and other artifacts worth about $110 million that it recovered from the Titanic in a half-dozen perilous expeditions to the famous shipwreck. U.S. District Judge Rebecca Beach Smith in Norfolk issued the order a little over a year after ruling that RMS Titanic was entitled to full compensation for the roughly 5,900 artifacts. In her August 2010 ruling, Smith postponed deciding whether to give RMS title to the artifacts or sell them and turn the proceeds over to the company....	15th August 2011
Ocala	OCALAN WENT TO GREAT LENGTHS TO SECURE TITANIC PASSENGER'S SIGNATURE Scanning a sea of more than 650 famous autographs on a tablecloth, one might ask: Who is Millvina Dean? Of all the personalities on the cloth, from Hank Aaron to Zig Ziglar, Walter Light Jr. said he found Dean the most captivating....	16th June 2009
	LETTER TO HIS OLD FRIEND ALFRED PARSONS ''On board R.M.S. Titanic April 11, 1912. Dear Alfred I got yours this morning and was glad to hear from you. I thought I told you my ship was the Titanic. She has everything but taxicabs and theatres., Table D' Hote, Restau...	11th April 1912
Wells Journal	LADY'S PRAISE OF A TITANIC SEAMAN One of the able seamen on the Titanic, Thomas Jones, a native of Anglesey has received the following letter from New York:- ''I feel I must write and tell you how splendidly you took charge of our boat on the fatal night. There were on...	30th May 1912
	LEAD KINDLY LIGHT The Hymn "Lead Kindly Light" was one of those sung at the hymn service lead by Revd. Ernest Courtenay Carter. Verses 1-3 were written in 1833 by John Henry Newman (1801-1890). While traveling in Italy as a young priest...
digitalspy.com	'TITANIC' WRITER 'TERRIFIED' TAKING ON CAMERON Julian Fellowes has revealed that he is excited about his new drama Titanic. Last month, it emerged that ITV had given the green light to the show. The programme will air on ABC in the US and on Channel Seven in Australia....	1st April 2011
	CAP ARCONA STAIRWAY The stairway, like most of the other first class areas, emphasised light and space....
Voyage	COLLINGWOOD John P. Eaton (Akties Collingwood) (Zernichow & O. Gotaas) Arrived at Belfast ( Musgrave Channel) 16 October 1908 from Bangkok via the Azores carrying a cargo of teak wood logs which in a finished sta...	28th November 2004
BBC News	SOUTHAMPTON'S TITANIC MUSEUM PLAN GETS GREEN LIGHT Southampton City Council says it will consider selling off assets and short-term borrowing to raise the extra £10m needed to build a £15m maritime museum....	4th August 2010
The Age	TITANIC RELICS SHED LIGHT ON HUMAN FACE OF TRAGEDY The Titanic has steamed into Melbourne almost 100 years after its doomed maiden voyage with hundreds of artefacts from the famous wreck now on display at Melbourne Museum....	8th June 2010
bbc.co.uk	'BEARING LOST HONOUR' ON THE TITANIC A new book has cast some light on the story of J Bruce Ismay, the owner of the Titanic who sailed to safety with women and children when it hit an iceberg, leaving other men to go down with the ship. Frances Wilson, author of How to Survive the Titanic ......	2nd August 2011
Gare Maritime	OLYMPIC FIND AT PITY ME Gavin Murphy RMS Olympic's cocktail bar in a Durham public house...	22nd January 2003
	CAFE GRILL The CafÃ© Grill on the Boat Deck is a pleasantly sunny room by day, and by night is softly illuminated by shafts of iridescent light....	1937
	ARTEMIS OF VERSAILLES The Artemis of Versailles, a small copy of the classical statue, lay on the mantle piece above the fireplace in the Titanic's first class lounge. The statue was one of the artefacts photographed when Dr Robert Ballard and ...
The Sun	SINKING TITANIC SKETCH FOUND AFTER 97 YEARS A SKETCH of the sinking Titanic has come to light . . . 97 years on. A mystery passenger or crewman on the doomed ship made the pastel drawing....	9th April 2009
	CAP ARCONA BALLROOM The Cap Arcona's ballroom was finished in light varnish, with details picked out in gold. It was identical in size to the lounge/vestibule it adjoined, 75.5' x 52.6' x 13.9' and, in common with the other public rooms, appeared to be almos...
belfasttelegraph.co.uk	DID JOSEPH BRUCE ISMAY DRESS AS A WOMAN TO FLEE TITANIC? Ismay has gone down in history as one of the 20th century's greatest cowards for fleeing the foundering Titanic while women and children were still on board. But a new play premiering in Belfast this week could cast Joseph Bruce Ismay in a new light....	5th April 2011
Belfast Telegraph	PUBLIC SCULPTURE UNVEILED AT THE TITANIC QUARTER The first public artwork for the Titanic Quarter was unveiled as part of the Belfast festival at Queens. The â€œcontemporary and innovative artworkâ€ is called â€˜Kitâ€™ and is a site-specific light sculpture which is 13.5 metres tall and cast in bronze....	4th November 2009
Cambridge Chronicle	A CAMBRIDGE VICTIM Mr. A. W. Barringer [photo] The greatest sympathy is felt with the relatives of Mr. A. W Barringer, whom as reported in last week's issue, was amongst those who lost their lives in the terrible Titanic disaster. The dece...	26th April 1912
jewishdayton.org	JEWISH CONNECTIONS TO TITANIC f one thinks at all about Jewish connections to the Titanic disaster, the Strauses come to mind first, and then maybe Benjamin Guggenheim. But there are other Jewish connections to Titanic as well. Here, we share some of them with you. Kosher food on Titanic sheds light on immigration via England Kosher deli in England a Titanic survivor’s legacy Philip Aks: Lost and found at sea At Halifax’s Jewish cemetery, a Titanic section Great-grandson reflects on lives, deaths of Isidor & Ida Straus...	21st March 2012
	NIEUW AMSTERDAM : RITZ-CARLTON ROOM MURAL To the right and left of the entrance to the Ritz-Carlton, two large fresco panels by Han Hulsbergen symbolize the coming and passing of day with excellently drawn classical figures. These paintings interpret the susceptibility of the room to chan...
Western Morning News	TITANIC DISASTER, WESTCOUNTRY PASSENGERS AND CREW A Truro passenger, Charles P Fillbrook, resided at Charles Street, with his parents, was on his way to join an uncle at Howder County, Michigan, with the intention of becoming a miner, or of following his trade as a painter. He had not long finished...	18th April 1912
4ni.co.uk	WWI-ERA HMS CAROLINE STARS IN DOCUMENTARY An Irish filmmaker has been all at sea on board a warship that survived the Battle of Jutland. The ship was the star as Northern Visions premièred a movie on HMS Caroline - a World War I light cruiser that has been stationed in Belfast since 1924 - seeing WWII service and then being used as the base for the Royal Navy Reserve until its decommissioning. Originally anchored in Milewater Basin, but now residing in the Alexandra Dock, HMS Caroline is the maritime equivalent of a grade one listed building, and is the second oldest Royal Navy warship in existence, after Admiral Nelson's flagship, Victory....	26th September 2011
Popular Science	DID AN OPTICAL ILLUSION DOOM THE TITANIC? The Titanic may have struck an iceberg and sank helplessly because of a strange atmosphere-caused optical illusion, a new book argues. British historian Tim Maltin says super refraction, an extraordinary bending of light that causes mirages, prevented the Titanic’s crew from seeing the fateful iceberg. It also may have prevented nearby ships from seeing the doomed Titanic, Maltin argues. His theory is the subject of a new book and a documentary airing next month in time for the 100th anniversary of the accident. ...	5th March 2012
	NIEUW AMSTERDAM : RITZ-CARLTON ROOM. 1938. RITZ-CARLTON ROOM: The Ritz-Carlton room is located on the Upper Promenade deck, immediately above the Smoking Room and is reached by an impressive ebony and bronze Y-shaped stairway. On either side of the stairs where they divide port from starb...
New York Times	POMPEII CHARMS MR. MORGAN He Is Especially Captivated by the Frescoes in New Excavations --- By Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times --- NAPLES, March 17---When J. Pierpont Morgan went to Pompeii Friday he was a...	18th March 1912
	RED CROSS COMMITTEE REPORT Bracken, Mr. James. H. Missing. American. Home New Mexico. (From The Emergency and Relief booklet by the American Red Cross, 1913). No. 51. (American). Husband, travelling alone, was drowned. He was carrying with hi...
	NIEUW AMSTERDAM : THIRD CLASS SMOKING ROOM- 1938. THIRD CLASS SMOKING ROOM: Main Deck. Has a brightly decorated cocktail bar just inside its entrance. The room is extremely cozy and luxurious. The walls are watered teakwood, finished with transparent lacquer. The color scheme is light brown and gree...
Providence Journal	STEAD'S BROTHER INDIGNANT-ASKS WHAT RIGHT ISMAY SAVED FROM WRECK London, April 20, 1912- Alfred Stead, brother of William T. Stead who went down with the Titanic is thoroughly aroused over the circumstances under which so many persons went to their doom in the waters of the north Atlantic. He said yesterday: "Spe...	20th April 1912
wirralglobe.co.uk	WIRRAL ARTIST'S TRIBUTE TO TITANIC DISASTER A STATUE commemorating Port Sunlight's links with the Titanic will be unveiled next month on the centenary of the ship's sinking. Designed and built by Claire Blakeborough, the steel model will be unveiled in The Dell, Port Sunlight' on Saturday, April 14, nearly one hundred years to the day that this great ship met its tragic fate. Claire was commissioned by Port Sunlight Village Trust, in partnership with Arts Council England to design the model. The Salford-born artist, who has lived in the historic village for more than eight years, told the Globe: "I am influenced by the light and colour of Port Sunlight Village. ...	28th March 2012

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