A Queen Is Launched

September 26th marked the 75th anniversary of the launch of the R.M.S. Queen Mary in Scotland. Here, courtesy of the National Library of Scotland, you can see a short (about one minute and ten seconds) but amazing video of her launch.

Video

Ismay Arrives In Liverpool

I found this little gem while digging around in some boxes that were in the basement of a charming little used book store in New York. As I was looking through the boxes, I came across a copy of a magazine called "Home Life" magazine on the cover of which someone had written "1912" in what looked like colored pencil. Needless to say, I was curious, so I opened it up and had a look inside. Toward the beginning of the magazine is a section called "In The Wake Of The News." In this section is a picture of Ismay and his wife arriving in Liverpool. I'll post another interesting little tidbit from this issue in a future blog entry.

The following caption reads:

"TITANIC SURVIVORS AT LIVERPOOL
In this picture J. Bruce Ismay, the president

of the company owning the ill-fated Titanic,

and one of the first men to take a place in the

lifeboats when he knew the ship was in danger,

is seen coming down the gangway with his wife

at his side. The Ismay smile would not seem

to indicate that he has felt the sting of the

criticism that has been leveled at him. Preceding

them is Sir John Hare, the English actor, returned

from a recent trip to Canada."

This shows the picture came from Volume Twenty-Two, Number Seven, dated August, Nineteen Twelve.