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Violet Jessop served as a nurse and stewardess aboard three sister ships of the famed White Star Line: Olympic, Titanic, and Britannic. All three vessels suffered disasters at sea.
Since the Titanic’s tragic shipwreck in 1912, people around the world have wanted to preserve the legacy of not only the ship but its passengers, as well. For that reason, auctions focused on ...
Presents the memoirs of Violet Jessop, an ocean liner stewardess with the White Star Line who survived the sinking of the Titanic only to become a wartime nurse aboard the Britannic which also sank ...
A letter written by one of most well-known survivors of the Titanic disaster has sold for a record-breaking ₹ 3.41 crore (£300,000) at auction.
Col. Archibald Gracie wrote the letter while traveling on the Titanic days before the ship sank and plunged him into the icy North Atlantic.
Titanic survivor Archibald Gracie's 1912 lettercard sells for £300,000 ($399,000), six times the expected price.
There’s never been a plaque on the gray stone and slate residence at the northwest corner of Saint Paul and 29th streets. But 113 years ago, almost to the date, reporters were banging on her … ...
Actress Leslie Goddard, in her guise as Titanic first-class cabin maid Violet Jessop, provides serving tea service tips to audience members Crista Zivanovic, left to right, Slavka Sucevic and ...
Leslie Goddard in the guise of cabin maid Violet Jessop performs her one-woman play “Violet Jessop: Titanic Survivor” at Theatre at the Center in Munster through Sunday, March 30, 2025.
Violet Jessop was a rare career woman at the turn-of-the-century, working as a cabin maid on luxury steamship liners crossing the Atlantic Ocean.
Violet Jessup March 26 – 30, evening and matinee shows MUNSTER, Ind. – Violet Jessop was a career woman, a rarity at the turn of the century, working as a cabin maid crew member of luxury steamship ...