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Titanic

Titanic

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Titanic

Five items: a black-and-white 5.5 x 3.5 postcard portraying the SS Carpathia with incoming Titanic rescue boats, published by Joseph Koehler, with captions on right and left borders: "Rescuing the 705 survivors of the Titanic, sunk off Halifax. April 15, 1912. 1,600 persons were drowned. Insurance loss, $14,500,000"; a 9.5 x 4 mailing envelope addressed from Henry Kale to "Louis M. Ogden, Esq., c/o Messrs. Brown Shirley & Co.," postmarked three times in October 1912; a program for the "Memorial Exercises In Honor of the Late William McKinley, President of the United States of America," held at Prince George's Hall on September 19, 1901; a program for Miss Amy Baker's Annual Recital on April 26, 1907; and a bank statement for Louis M. Ogden "in account current with Brown Brothers & Co., New York," 14 x 8.5, drafted from May 18 to December 16, 1912, with Brown Brothers "Paid" stamp dated December 18, 1912. Statement bears two affixed 1912 receipts. In overall very good to fine condition. From the estate of Louis M. Ogden, a New York socialite aboard the RMS Carpathia during the Titanic disaster who helped to photograph, document, and assist the survivors.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: Fine Autographs And Artifacts
  • Dates: #497 - Ended April 12, 2017