Thursday, October 18, 2007

Titanic Ocean Liner, Black and White Memorial Postcard

Ocean Liner Titanic - Largest Steamer in the World
Sunk by iceberg on maiden trip off Halifax, April 15, 1912; 1500 people drowned.  Length, 882 feet; breadth. 92 feet; number of steel decks, 11; watertight bulkheads. 15; passengers accommodated. 2,500; crew. 860; tonnage registered. 45,000; tonnage displacement. 66,000; cost $7,500.000.

This postcard is from 1912 and is unused.

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