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Remembering Titanic 100 years later

Remembering Titanic 100 years later

Rare pictures Remembering Titanic 100 years later

Remembering Titanic 100 years later
The Titanic was a British four funnelled ocean liner built for the transatlantic passenger and mail service between Southampton and New York. On April 10th 1912 the Titanic sailed from Southampton with 2,200 passengers and crew, four days later the Titanic collided with an iceberg and sank. 1500 people died and 700 survived.
Nearer my God to thee: Eerie postcards mourning loss of Titanic released by original company after detective work by collector. For nearly a century this collection of postcards mourning the loss of the Titanic – rushed out in the aftermath of the sinking – have only been seen by a privileged few. But now the striking images are to adorn memorabilia after a ten-year search reunited them with their original publisher Bamforth’s – allowing them to appear on licensed products for the first time since 1912. The company is mainly remembered as makers of saucy seaside postcards featuring scantily clad women and jokes about mother-in-laws.

Remembering Titanic 100 years later

Mearer my God to thee. Remembering Titanic-100 years later-rare pictures

So within weeks of the sinking of the Titanic on April 15 1912 Bamforth & Co, based in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, published six postcards commemorating the tragic event. The set, known to collectors as the Nearer My God To Me series, shows a saintly woman in a flowing white gown posed against a backdrop of the sinking. Only a handful of collectors have managed to acquire all six of the cards which now change hands for £40-£60 each.

Remembering Titanic 100 years later

Remembering Titanic-100 years later-rare pictures

Titanic vintage postcard

Titanic vintage postcard

Back side, Titanic vintage postcard

Carpathia

Carpathia

Tragedies of the World. The Titanic

Tragedies of the World. The Titanic

New York published postcart

New York City published postcart

The most appalling disaster

The most appalling disaster

Printed in Great Britain postcard

Printed in Great Britain postcard

Steamer Titanic

Steamer Titanic

White Star Line

White Star Line

Tuck's postcard printed in England

Tuck’s postcard printed in England

R.M.S. Titanic

R.M.S. Titanic

Budapest sent postcard

Budapest sent postcard

Signed postcard

Signed postcard

1912 postcard

1912 postcard

Largest in the world, Titanic, retro post card

Largest in the world, Titanic, retro post card

Giant Titanic retro postcard

Giant Titanic retro postcard

The ill-fated Titanic

The ill-fated Titanic

Ocean Liner Titanic

Ocean Liner Titanic

Steamer Titanic

Steamer Titanic

Nearer My God to Thee

Nearer My God to Thee

Cherbourg - the Titanic

Cherbourg – Le Titanic

Remembering Titanic,100 years later, rare postcards

Iceberg and Titanic, rare postcard

Remembering Titanic,100 years later, rare postcards

100 years later, rare postcard

From Miss Collier

From Miss Collier

Message to dear Annie

Message to dear Annie

Remembering Titanic,100 years later, rare postcards

Mourning Titanic card

Remembering Titanic,100 years later, rare postcards

Memorial postcards

Remembering Titanic,100 years later, rare postcards

Prayer on retro post card

Document of some Englishman Edward Smith

Document of some Englishman Edward Smith

Identity Card of John Alexander Podesta

Identity Card of John Alexander Podesta

ID card of a British man

ID card of a British man

Podesta's ID card

Podesta’s ID card

Remembering Titanic,100 years later, rare postcards

Remembering Titanic 100 years later, rare postcards

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