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Like fingerprints from the past, artifacts tell a story.
As years pass and memories fade, mementos of historical
events remain a compelling evidence of what actually took place,
tempering the exaggerations of legend. The simple ink and
paper items here combine to tell the human side of one of
the most unforgettable catastrophes of the twentieth
century.
Experience first hand what it was like to sail in splendor on
the worlds most famous ship with these meticulous reproductions and collections
of actual tickets, menus, iceberg warnings and more!
Sometimes we loose touch with the human reality of the
Titanic Story, these poignant artifacts vividly remind us
that 'real" people lived and died on Titanic.
-Dr. Robert D. Ballard
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BOARDING CARD
As with luggage stickers, boarding cards were
usually sent with the passengers tickets.
These cards had to be surrendered to an officer at
the gangway upon embarking the liner,
and this one is the only example known to have
survived. The Reverand J. Stuart Holden missed
the first and only sailing of Titanic because his wife
was suddenly taken ill. After the Titanics loss,
Reverand Holden had his boarding card framed
with the inscription as follows:
" Who Redeemeth Thy Life From Destruction"
and kept it many years, it was then put
in the permanent collection of the
Merseyside Maritime Museum in Liverpool England. |
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Luggage Stickers
Bright red and white stickers were sent to passengers along with
their tickets, one for each piece of baggage. Steamship lines of
the time divided the luggage into two categories: "wanted" and
"not wanted" on the voyage. Baggage and trunks that would
not be needed during the trip were stored in one of the
ships massive cargo holds and were inaccessible during
the voyage. Anything marked "wanted on voyage"
would be delivered to the passengers cabin shortly
after departure, marked with a sticker as shown below.
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UNWANTED STICKER |
WANTED STICKER |
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Landing Card
Shortly before arrival in New York, each survivor was issued
a landing card with the words Carpathia Ex.
Titanic filled in.
Many of these have surfaced over the years because survivors
kept them as souveniers. This one was owned by Lillian Bentham,
a nineteen year old from the Channel Islands who was immigrating
to America. She died in Rochester, New York in 1977. |
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