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Showing posts with label Lady Duff Gordon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lady Duff Gordon. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Titanic Documentaries

Deep Inside Titanic 1

Deep Inside Titanic 2

Deep Inside Titanic 3

Deep Inside Titanic 4

Deep Inside Titanic 5


Titanic: The Legend Lives On 1

Titanic: The Legend Lives On 2

Titanic: The Legend Lives On 3

Titanic: The Legend Lives On 4

Titanic: The Legend Lives On 5

Titanic: The Legend Lives On 6

Titanic: The Legend Lives On 7

Titanic: The Legend Lives On 8

Titanic: The Legend Lives On 9

Titanic: The Legend Lives On 10

Titanic: The Legend Lives On 11

Titanic: The Legend Lives On 12

Titanic: The Legend Lives On 13

Titanic: The Legend Lives On 14

Titanic: The Legend Lives On 15

Titanic: The Legend Lives On 16

Titanic: The Legend Lives On 17

Titanic: The Legend Lives On 18

Titanic: The Legend Lives On 19

Titanic: The Legend Lives On 20


Last Mysteries of the Titanic 1

Last Mysteries of the Titanic 2

Last Mysteries of the Titanic 3

Last Mysteries of the Titanic 4

Last Mysteries of the Titanic 5

Last Mysteries of the Titanic 6

Last Mysteries of the Titanic 7

Last Mysteries of the Titanic 8

Last Mysteries of the Titanic 9


Last Secret of the Titanic 1

Last Secrets of the Titanic 2

Last Secrets of the Titanic 3

Last Secrets of the Titanic 4

Last Secrets of the Titanic 5

Last Secrets of the Titanic 6

Titanic Untold Stories 1

Titanic Untold Stories 2

Titanic Untold Stories 3

Titanic Untold Stories 4

Titanic Untold Stories 5

Titanic Untold Stories 6

Friday, October 17, 2008

TITANIC: The Artifact Exhibit

Earlier this year, we went with our church to see a TITANIC artifact exhibit, in downtown, Atlanta. I dressed up in my costume that made me look like an officer on the ship, complete with a hat bearing the White Star logo. We were each given tickets that had the names and info about the passengers on board (I was David John Barton). We different rooms replicated from rooms actually on board the ship along with the bell that was rung when the Fredrick Fleet saw the iceberg. We also saw the tools that built the ship, and some personal affects that the builders owned. We came into a room that was replicated with to look like Southampton Dock. When we entered, there was a room that had personal affects from passengers, like purses, money, cards, and many other things. We even saw the jewelry box with the Duff-Gordon initials. There was also a replica of a 1st and 3rd class cabin . There was a replica of the bridge, that was cool. It had telemotors (that actually went on the stern bridge, since the bow bridge equipment were blown away and possibly destroyed. The we came into a room that had an iceberg that you could touch, in order to feel how cold it was that night. In another room we saw dishes that were in a crate in the cargo hold, but fell out of the ship when she broke apart. The crate dissolved, leaving stacked plates in perfect condition.  We also the side to a deck bench, and a part of the big piece of the hull itself was there too. In the final room, there was perfumes from that a perfume salesman that still had their scent. In the back, was a wall with the list of passengers that were on board separated between who lived, and died. I found out that Barton died.  The experience was pretty good, and in the end, I bought a replica of a 2nd class bowl. It's very beautiful, and rests on my shelf right now, as a prized possession.

Friday, February 8, 2008

Sir Cosmo and Lady Duff Gordon







Sir Cosmo Edmond Duff Gordon became the owner of a huge estate. The Gordons became lords because his great-grandfather was a war hero in the Penisular War.

Lucy Christina Sutherland grew up as a tomboy on her father's farm but slowly she was broken in by her mother. She later married James Wallace in 1888 but divorced shortly after. Left without a penny to her name, she borrowed money and opened a clothing store in London called Maison Lucile. She became very successful and even made underwear for Her Majesty, Queen Mary. The two met when Sir Cosmo had a suit made for him. They were wed happily in 1894.

They were going on the TITANIC because of some private yet urgent business in New York. They had two cabins and Sir Cosmo slept in A-20 and Lady Lucy slept in A-16. They were the some of the first ones off and were on Boat No. 7 which was only 1/5 full.

It was later said that Sir Cosmo bribed the crewman in charge of the boat to not return and pick up passengers from the water. However, at the senate inquiry, Sir Cosmo claimed to have given some money to crewmembers who told him that they had lost everything and their pay with the sinking of the ship.

Sir Cosmo died a scapegoat on April 20, 1930. Lady Duff Gordon wrote a book trying to clear her husband's name after his death claiming that they couldn't hear the people in the water but all other accounts from that boat say that they heard it.
Lady Duff Gordon died on April 20, 1935.