Abstract A Marconi wireless telegram from Captain Haddock of the OLYMPIC to Captain Arthur Rostron of the CARPATHIA, sent at 4.50 EST on April 15, 1912. Haddock asks: "Can you give me names survivors to forward." OLYMPIC, the TITANIC's sister ship, was about 500 miles southwest of TITANIC, heading eastbound from New York to England, when it received the first distress signal. Captain Haddock immediately fired up all boilers and raced towards the coordinates, but he was much further away than several...

Abstract A booklet titled "Men and Ships" from Cunard White Star, dated April 30, 1936. On the cover is a drawing of two men on deck next to a lifesaver with the name QUEEN MARY, and there are several references in the text to that "new" superliner. This booklet was probably issued in association with the new ship's May 1936 maiden voyage. The booklet focuses, however, on the crew, starting with the first page titled "Man Power... It's Men that Count." There are photographs of a number of Cunard...

Abstract A booklet by Senan Molony about the Canadian Pacific Line ship the MOUNT TEMPLE, one of the ships that responded to the TITANIC's distress call, with the autograph of the author on page 2. The booklet presents the hypothesis that the MOUNT TEMPLE was the so-called "mystery ship" seen by TITANIC passengers and crew during the sinking of the ship. That ship, which was within sight but did not respond to distress calls or rockets, is generally believed to have been the CALIFORNIAN, and its...

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10.5x8" original carbon copy of handwritten notes taken by Thomas Andrews on board the RMS OLYMPIC on its maiden voyage in June 1911.

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Cover page from a copy of the 1973 edition of Colonel Archibald Gracie's book, The Truth About the Titanic, which has been signed by six survivors of the TITANIC disaster. The autographs are dated, and they were signed in 1973 and 1974.

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7.75x5.25" passenger list for SS MEGANTIC voyage of July 8, 1911 from Montreal to Liverpool. In very bad condition and several pages illegible, but there's a beautiful ad for the OLYMPIC and TITANIC on the inside cover. Also a filled-out passenger log on the back.

Abstract Saloon passenger list for the CAMPANIA's August 29, 1896 voyage from Liverpool to New York. The front cover has a record of the voyage that has been filled out by a passenger, and the map of the route on the back also has notations of the ship's location on different dates. This is a very large first class passenger list, and it was reported at the time that the ship was full. Among the interesting people aboard was Dr. Anna Craig, a New York woman who, after teaching school for 12 years,...

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7.25x5" A passenger list from the S.S. ADRIATIC from May 31, 1911. Includes notable passengers and also an ad for TITANIC.

Abstract A Tourist class passenger list from the QUEEN MARY's August 18, 1937 voyage from Southampton to New York. The cardstock cover has a shiny silver plaque with an image of the ship, and there is a color painting of ii on the interior. The captain, J.C. Townley, and other officers are then listed. Among the passengers was Columbia University professor and father of American anthropology Franz Boas. He was returning from the July 1937 World Congress on Populations, a scientific conference on...

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Cabin class passenger list from the QUEEN MARY's voyage of October 1, 1965 from New York to Southampton. The captain at this time was E.A. Divers, and the other officers are listed on the front page. Also listed are two women who worked in the ship's travel bureau. The bright orange cover includes a 1960s version of the Cunard lion.