Matthew E. Zekala explores the legal history and implications of the Titanic's sinking, focusing on liability and salvage rights in U.S. federal courts.
Using Wallace Hartley's violin as a case study this article explores the process by which a commonplace object gains prestige both as cultural heritage and allure as a treasure by recognition of various values by different stakeholders
An ornate lighting fixture, one of the artefacts recovered from the wreck of the Titanic.
Photographed in 1987 during the first salvage expedition to the Titanic.
The Titanic left Southampton with 5892 tons of welsh coal supplied by the Lewis Merthyr Consolidated Collieries supplemented by coal from other White Star Line ships laid up by the coal st
A window from the First Class Dining Room lies almost entirely intact next to the bow section of Titanic? The First Class Dining Saloon was the biggest room aboard Titanic. It was located on D Deck, measuring 114 feet long and 92 feet wide.