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R.M.S TITANIC:
R.M.S TITANIC: Rare photo postcard of First-Class passenger and survivor Gretchen Longley. Gretchen boarded the Titanic in Southampton under ticket number 13502 which cost £77. She was travelling with her maternal aunts Cornelia Andrews and Anna Hogeboom. Miss Longley occupied cabin D-9. Gretchen opened a farewell letter when she arrived in her cabin; it was a good wish for every day of the voyage. On the night of the sinking Gretchen had been in her stateroom at the time of the impact. The shock drew her out into the corridor twice out of curiosity but she found everything quiet with seemingly no cause for alarm. Her aunt Cornelia was nervous however, and it was at her insistence that the trio made their way up to the boat deck. Gretchen and her aunts escaped in lifeboat 10. The lack of crewmen in the boat compelled Gretchen and other women, including at least one of the Fortune ladies, to assist in rowing. Plus a print of Lucile Duff Gordon. Ex-Phil Gowan collection. (2)
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