Tag: Titanic
D.C.’s Connection With the Titanic
This is a guest post by Angela Harrison Eng.
New York has significant ties to Titanic. Many of Gotham’s elite members of society died in...
March 1st, 1913: Titanic Hero Honored at White House
One hundred years ago today, exactly at 2:15 p.m. (when we published this post), Captain A.H. Rostron was awarded a Congressional Medal in the...
April 15th, 1912: Titanic Kept Afloat, Being Towed to Halifax, Nova Scotia
This was the front page of the Washington Times in the evening of Monday, April 15th, 1912. It's rather haunting seeing this today, over...
100 Years Ago Today: Major Archibald Butt, D.C. Resident, Boards Titanic for Transatlantic Crossing
This post went up at exactly 8 a.m. this morning local time, which is twelve noon Greenwich Mean Time. Exactly 100 years ago at this very...
Titanic and Carpathia Ads in the Washington Post
Wow, these are fascinating. This is the best "Old Ads and Classifieds" post yet.
Scanning the Washington Post from February 29th, 1912 (another leap year)...
Faces of Yesterday: Dime Messenger Service Boys of D.C. (1912)
This is a great one for "Faces of Yesterday" ... this group of young boys worked as Dime Messenger Service boys, with their headquarters...
