Rarely-seen items recovered from Titanic wreckage | BBC News

Pictures courtesy of Encyclopedia Titanica.

Since the wreckage of the RMS Titanic was discovered in 1985, 73 years after it sank in the Atlantic Ocean, over 5,000 artefacts have been recovered.

Many of them are kept in a secret warehouse in Atlanta in the US state of Georgia, with access to view them very rare.

From handbags to perfume vials that still contain scent, these are just some of the thousands of items retrieved.

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[barkamber]

My great grandmother had boarded the Titanic with her sister and she had forgotten her watch at the hotel so went back to get thinking she had enough time to get back in the ship but the ship sailed 5 min before she was able to get back, her sister, mother, and brother in law and brother in law and mother died that night in the Titanic. If she has not went back for her watch I wouldn't be here today. I got to meet her she was an incredible person.

[Grifondorzo]

A bag survived, while not even the bones of its owner remained. We truly are all passengers here

[akinoful]

Fashionable bag for 1912. Still in good condition in-spite of being under saltwater for 73 years. Superior quality leather and craftsmanship helped it to endure the rough conditions at bottom of the sea.

[louisetringham]

My grandmother was late getting on the titanic she later took the sister ship which is why I’m here today!

[ashleyking]

It’s absolutely incredible that despite everything that happened that night and the amount of time these objects spent underwater that even pieces of paper managed to survive and still be readable.

[Steph-zozk]

It's so fascinating + unsettling how well preserved some parts of the ship were. Creepiest image for me is in one of the passenger cabins there was a glass standing upright on the side. Every day the ship's staff would leave fresh glasses upside down, so the implication is that whoever stayed in that cabin drank from the glass and set it down the day of the sinking, where it's stayed perfectly preserved in that same spot on the bottom of the ocean for more than a century.

[ccaamille_]

Her: i cant reveal my location
Also her: ATLANTA 🗣️

[jimmyjimjims]

Since this video completely negates the importance of the bag's owner, Marion (Marian) Ogden Meanwell (December 7, 1849 to April 15, 1912 aged 62 years) was a milliner and dressmaker born in Ramsbottom Lancashire in 1849, she lived in Yorkshire and moved to London for many years until deciding to move to the United States in late 1911 to support her recently widowed daughter. Originally intending to sail on The Majestic she was transferred to The Titanic due to an ongoing coal strike at the time causing delays in sea travel. She did not survive the sinking of the RMS Titanic, her bag shown here was recovered/looted from the debris field in 2000.

[natalieturko]

There is a Titanic museum with a large collection of artifacts, including deck chairs in Halifax, Nova Scotia. There are 2 cemetaries, also in Halifax, where some from the Titanic are buried. Halifax is where the rescue ships made port after the disaster.

[Greenpoloboy]

Thats incredible. Really eerie seeing the 3rd class passengers ticket being changed from the Majestic to the Titanic. Amazing its survived so long down there. 1:23

[andrewcoulter]

I love everything about the titantic. Im always learning new things

[oliversherman]

And now, somewhere down there, lies little pieces of the oceangate sub

[cliff]

They should photograph every single artifact and create a digital archive people can look through. Why keep all these objects hidden in a secret location where we can’t see them. A digital archive would allow people to virtually see them without revealing their location

[spiralrose]

Rest in peace, Miss NemoL.
Her poor daughter… Losing her husband and then losing her mother so soon after

[lifeistooshorttospendworrying]

She couldn’t tell us where she is, but “this warehouse is somewhere in Atlanta.” 😂

[Thardworldghost]

Crazy to think some dude survived hours in the water just because he got incredibly intoxicated as the Titanic sank.

[fastfiddler]

I'm impressed that a news agency showed the only actual known video footage of Titanic rather than the typical Olympic footage they try to use in her place.

[D.Frasure]

If I had family on the Titanic who died, I'd be ok with remembering them and the Titanic, so these pieces I'm glad they brought up instead of just turning into nothing.

[ruuuuudooooolph]

This maybe a grave but none of them wanted to die this way or chose their fate. If we can remember them by the smallest of the details, then it is the right thing to do. Bring back items that are still intact and throw light around the people that owned or made them. It's an honorable thing that the team is doing down there.

[tenthousanddaysofgratitude]

I was a professional acquaintance of the late Arnie Geller of RMS Titanic, Inc. His expertise in the entertainment business made these exhibitions possible. He was a wonderful character and a kind man. I hope the artefacts continue to be exhibited the world over, for many years to come.