When first-class passenger Col. Archibald Gracie boarded the Titanic in Southampton, England, on April 10, 1912, he drafted a letter to a friend. "It is a fine ship," he wrote, "but I shall await my ...
A lettercard written by Titanic survivor Archibald Gracie has sold for £300,000 ($399,000) by Henry Aldridge & Son Auction House in Wiltshire, England. More than a century after the Titanic's tragic ...
The sinking of the Titanic is one of the best-known disasters in American history. The supposedly unsinkable ship went to the bottom of the ocean the night of April 15, 1912, taking with it about ...
Col. Archibald Gracie wrote the letter while traveling on the Titanic days before the ship sank and plunged him into the icy North Atlantic. By Amanda Holpuch Days before the Titanic struck an iceberg ...
John Jacob Astor IV, the wealthiest passenger on the Titanic, perished in the disaster while his pregnant wife, Madeleine, survived. The couple's significant age difference and Astor's recent divorce ...