Photo of Lord with children on Carpathia

[Richard Paola]

i found a photo in an article about the Californian which shows 4 officers posing with 2 young children...one sitting on each lap of Lord and Stewart. I thought it an interesting foreshadow that the young girls are holding binoculars..probably the very ones used that night...has anyone seen this photo, and/or identified the children ? thanks

 

[Tracy Smith]

I've seen the photo many times. These children were passengers and this photo was taken on the voyage immediately preceding the one we are most familiar with. I don't know their names, but I'm just as curious as you are.

However, I do have a funny story that goes with the little girl on Captain Lord's lap. It seems that during the voyage the little girl became constipated and her mother went to Captain Lord, wanting to know what he was going to do about it. Because the ship had no doctor, the captain was expected to handle such matters. Captain Lord visited the little girl in her cabin, carrying a bottle of the common remedy of the time: "black draft". The little girl refused to drink any of it unless Captain Lord drank some, too. Lord did, and the little girl followed suit.

 

[Michael H. Standart]

Black Draft???? Ewwwwwwww! That rates right down there with the "Black Thunder" that was carried on the Olympic.

BTW, what photo on the Carpathia? Did the man ever set foot on that ship?

Cordially,
Michael H. Standart

 

[Tracy Smith]

I think Richard really meant the Californian, not the Carpathia.

 

[Leah E. Astor]

Does anyone know where to find that picture? I'd be interested in seeing it, and yet I havn't so far. Thanx!
-Leah Astor

 

[Tracy Smith]

Hello Leah, welcome to the board.

Both Leslie Reade's "The Ship That Stood Still" and Leslie Harrison's "A Titanic Myth" have a copy of this picture. It's a very nice picture.

 

[Brandon Whited]

Tracy,

That story gave me a good laugh, which is something I needed today! This forum is basically uncharted territory to me, but I found that very funny. I would love to have seen the expression on Lord's face as a good mouthful of that Black Draft slid down his throat!

 

[Tracy Smith]

Not to mention the sight of him hotfooting it to the head a short time thereafter!

 

[Brandon Whited]

Yeah!