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Titanic - 2nd Class Dinner Menu, 1912

Titanic - 2nd Class Dinner Menu, 1912. A 2nd Class dinner menu from RMS Titanic dated April 14, 1912. This was the date that Titanic struck the iceburg that caused her to sink. She was the largest and most luxurious ocean liner of her time, and thought to be unsinkable. In the collision five of her watertight compartments were compromised and she sank. Out of the 2228 people on board, only 705 survived. A major cause of the loss of life was the insufficient number of lifeboats she carried

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Princesses He Found in Plenty, But Whether They Were Real Princesses It Was Impossible For Him To D Artist: W Heath Robinson

Princesses He Found in Plenty, But Whether They Were Real Princesses It Was Impossible For Him To Decide, c1930. An illustration from The Real Princess by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen. [Hodder and Stoughton Limited for Boots Pure Drug Co. Ltd, London, c1930]

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El Juicio De Paris, (The Judgment of Paris), 1639, (c1934). Artist: Peter Paul Rubens

El Juicio De Paris, (The Judgment of Paris), 1639, (c1934). Commissioned by Philip IV of Spain, to illustrate a story from Greek mythology, Paris, has to choose the most beautiful goddess between Hera, Athena and Aphrodite. OIl on Panel. Held in the Museo del Prado, Madrid. From Galerias De Europa: Museo Del Prado, by A. De Beruete y Moret & Augusto L. Mayer. [Editorial Labor, S.A., Barcelona, c1934]

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