Like fingerprints from the opast, artifacts tell a story, As years pass and menories fade, mementoes of historical events remain as compelling evidence of what actually took place, tempering the exaggerations of legend. The simple ink and paper of the items included in this collection combine to tell the human side of one of the most unfortagetable castastrophes of the twentith century - the sinking of the White Star liner Titanic on a cold night in April of 1912.
One of the greatest challenges facing the Titanic historians is separating fact from myth - written evidence and artifacts helps do this. After the Titanic went down, the only things left of the once great liner were her lifeboats, a few pieces of flotsam, and some sourvenirs removed fromthe ship by surviving passengers. Presented here is a collection that tell the remarkable story of the Titanic's brief career and give a glimpse of life on board.
The Making of History
| Register for Transmission to Registrar-General
of Shipping and Seamen | The Report of
Survey of An Emigrant Ship |
| Titanic's boilers |
Leaving for the New World
| Certificate for Clearance |
Boarding Card | Luggage Stickers |
Steerage - the Aks family |
On Board
| Passenger List | Music
Booklet | Notes for First-Class Passengers
|
| 1st Class Dinner Plate |
| First-Class Lunch Menu | The
"Last Dinner" Menu |
Disaster
| Telegraph transcripts from Titanic intercepted
By SS Birma |
Lifeboats and Carpathia
| Photograph of a Survivor climbing aboard
SS Carpathia | Landing Card |
Aftermath
| Correspondence from the White Star Line
to the Board of Trade concerning loss of Titanic |
| Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Worker's
Union |
| The politician's responce | Commemorative
Medal |
British and American Inquiries
| Sub-committee of the Committee on Commerce
of the United States Senate | A
Report on the Loss of the "Titanic" (S.S) |
| Report on the Senate Committee enquiry
report into the loss of the Titanic |