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Printed ephemera

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Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 91 Collections and/or Records:

Autograph of J. Bruce Ismay

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Identifier: 2020.39.7183
Abstract

2.25x5.25" autograph of J. Bruce Ismay, president of the White Star Line. A White Star Lines flag has been glued in the corner.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1903 - 2004

Autograph of Jack Odell

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Identifier: 2020.39.7184
Abstract

10.75x8" certificate of authenticity with the autograph of Jack Odell, one of a small number of passengers who disembarked from the TITANIC in Queenstown, Ireland before her voyage across the North Atlantic. The certificate explains O'Dell's story and includes a photo of Jack Odell holding a camera and standing with his mother and her two brothers on the deck of the TITANIC The page is damaged and the print number at the bottom (140/750) is blurred, but the signature is intact.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1903 - 2004

Autograph of Jack Williams, a mysterious TITANIC crewman

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Identifier: 2020.39.7168
Abstract The alleged autograph of "Jack Williams," a possibly fictional TITANIC crew member, on a cover leaf cut from the book A Night to Remember. A crew member named "Seaman Jack Williams" was cited in sensational news reports about shootings as the last lifeboats were being loaded, and the book A Night to Remember mentions this as an example of how absurd the news coverage was. However, there is no record of a Jack Williams in the crew. It might be an alias, or possibly he was entirely...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1903 - 2004

Autograph of John Jacob Astor IV, TITANIC victim

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Identifier: 2020.39.7196
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1.25x3.5" Autograph of John Jacob Astor IV, who died in the TITANIC disaster at age 47. On a small piece of graph paper.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1903 - 2004

Autograph of Lady Lucy Duff Gordon, TITANIC survivor

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Identifier: 2020.39.7192
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Autograph of Lady Lucy Duff Gordon, TITANIC survivor

Dates: Majority of material found within 1903 - 2004

Autograph of Sir Cosmo Duff Gordon, TITANIC survivor

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Identifier: 2020.39.7191
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1.5x3" paper with autograph of Sir Cosmo Duff Gordon, TITANIC survivor

Dates: Majority of material found within 1903 - 2004

Autograph of Stanley Lord, captain of the CALIFORNIAN

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Identifier: 2020.39.7202
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1.75x5" autograph of Stanley Lord, captain of the CALIFORNIAN at the time that the TITANIC sank. It is on a slip of paper that says "Issued to."

Dates: Majority of material found within 1903 - 2004

Autograph of TITANIC SURVIVOR Ruth Becker Blanchard.

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Identifier: 2020.39.7200
Abstract

9.75x8.25 page with the autograph of TITANIC survivor Ruth Becker Blanchard. It's a photocopied page telling her story. The bottom of the photocopy includes a 1983 copyright notice by Ken Marschall, who is a noted artist who has painted the TITANIC many times, so it might be from his book.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1903 - 2004

Autograph of TITANIC survivors Archibald Gracie and Eva Hart, 1912

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Identifier: 2020.39.7344
Abstract A photograph of the TITANIC, signed by survivors Colonel Archibald Gracie and Eva Hart. Gracie survived the disaster, but his health never recovered from his injuries and hypothermia, and he died on December 4, 1912, just about 8 months after the sinking, so this was signed in the same year as the disaster. Eva Hart, however, was a child survivor, just 7 years old at the time, so her signature on this page was added later, likely decades later. The page is actually the first page of one of...
Dates: 1912

Autographs of CARPATHIA officers, 18 April 1912

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Identifier: 2020.39.7451
Abstract Autographs of 6 officers of the CARPATHIA, dated April 18, 1912, which was the day the CARPATHIA arrived in New York City after its rescue of the TITANIC survivors. This kind of autograph sheet, titled "Captain's Autograph" was often included in passenger logs or diaries printed for people embarking on sea voyages. The officers who have signed here are Captain Arthur H. Rostron, 1st Officer Horace John Dean, 2nd Officer James Gordon Bisset, 3rd officer Eric Rees, 4th officer Geoffrey Howard...
Dates: 18 April 1912