Rachel Garbus, “Inside the Atlanta Warehouse That Helms Many of the Titanic’s Artifacts – Atlanta Magazine,” Atlanta Magazine, last modified April 28, 2025, https://www.atlantamagazine.com/news-culture-articles/inside-the-atlanta-warehouse-that-helms-many-of-the-titanics-artifacts/.
At first glance, the fluorescent lighting and the long metal shelves look like the interior of any storage warehouse. The white porcelain dinner plates, stacked in neat rows, could be from any restaurant—until one sees the logo stamped in red ink on their faces: White Star Line. The company has conducted nine recovery expeditions in the past 30 years, gathering more than 5,500 artifacts. Many are in astonishingly good condition. A champagne bottle, cork intact, still retains the original alcohol. “Glass did really well underwater,” Ray explains. “It’s extremely dense, so as long as it didn’t have a void in it, the pressure couldn’t crush it.” Even well-preserved objects are at risk of deterioration, however. “Once we recover things from underwater, they’re more susceptible to corrosion,” Ray explains. Her team works closely with conservationists specializing in materials like leather and paper to protect the collection into the future.
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Richard Whiddington, “‘Letter Written Aboard the Titanic Sells for Record-Setting $400,000.,’” ArtNet, last modified April 28, 2025, accessed April 29, 2025, https://news.artnet.com/art-world/titanic-letter-archibald-gracie-breaks-auction-record-2637223.
Picture is from his book on Titanic sinking. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons
On the day that Archibald Gracie boarded the Titanic in Southampton, England, he wrote a letter to an acquaintance in London offering his first impressions of the ship. Gracie, a former American soldier and amateur historian, was not completely convinced. This letter, dated April 10, 1912, has sold for £300,000 ($399,000) at Henry Aldridge and Son, an auction house specializing in Titanic memorabilia. It smashed its pre-sale estimate of £60,000 ($80,600) and has set a record for a letter written aboard the Titanic.
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Darcie Zudell, “Titanic Still Has Secrets, and a New Doc Has Bigger Answers Than You Might Expect | Den of Geek,” Den of Geek, last modified April 23, 2025, https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/titanic-still-has-secrets-and-a-new-doc-has-bigger-answers-than-you-might-expect/.
After 113 years, Titanic is still a source of innovation. Dives to the wreck have provided glimpses into its tragic story, but now technology unveils the full picture with Titanic: The Digital Resurrection, a groundbreaking special from award-winning Atlantic Productions and National Geographic, which shows how we can preserve the past and protect the future. Using exclusive access to cutting-edge underwater scanning, the special, now streaming on Disney+ and Hulu, reveals the most accurate digital twin of the Titanic ever created– built from over two years of research, 715,000 images and 16 terabytes of data painstakingly pieced together. Parks Stephenson, a featured Titanic analyst, hopes audiences will go in not only hoping to learn more about that fateful night in 1912, but also observe how we can engage with history going forward, using it as an avenue for education.
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Suggested Titanic Reading
Behe, G. (2012). On board RMS Titanic: Memories of the Maiden Voyage. The History Press.
Lord, Walter, A NIGHT TO REMEMBER, Holt Rinehart and Winston, New York, New York, 1955. Multiple revisions and reprints, notably Illustrated editions (1976,1977,1978 etc.)
Lord, Walter, THE NIGHT LIVES ON, Willian Morrow and Company, New York, New York, 1986 (First Edition)
Rossignol, K. (2012). Titanic 1912: The Original News Reporting of the Sinking of the Titanic. Createspace Independent Publishing Platform.
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