"STEAMER TITANIC" Largest and most luxurious in the World. Launched at Belfast Ireland, May 1911. Length 882 ft. 6 inches. Displacement 66,000 tons. On her maiden trip struck a mammoth iceberg on Sunday, April 14th at 10.25 P.M. 41° 49 minutes, north latitude - 50° 14 minutes, west longitude. The worst disaster known in Marine History. Sunk at 2.20 A.M. April 15 1912, with a loss of over 1300 lives.
Tichnor Bros., Inc., Boston, Mass.
(1908–1987)
after 1912
Medium/TechniqueLithograph on card stock.
DimensionsHorizontal: 8.9 x 14 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit LineLeonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder
Accession number2015.5618
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPostcards
Collections
ProvenanceBetween 1950 and 2015, acquired by Leonard A. Lauder, New York, from various postcard dealers in Europe and the United States; 2015, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 24, 2015)
Tichnor Bros., Inc., Boston, Mass.
Tichnor Bros., Inc., Boston, Mass.
Tichnor Bros., Inc., Boston, Mass.
Tichnor Bros., Inc., Boston, Mass.
"Tichnor Quality Views," by Tichnor Brothers, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts