2. Guiseppe Garibaldi’s autographed photo
An object that belonged to Milford, New Hampshire, stonemason Emilio Portaluppi, a second-class passenger, was listed by The New York Times under the heading “Strange Property Claims.” The object was a picture of Garibaldi that he had signed when he gave it to Mr. Portaluppi’s grandfather. He requests $3000 for the special photo.
The Garibaldi who was the main character in question was Guiseppe Garibaldi, a strong man known for being an Italian war hero.
While the signed photography was one of the things that died along with the Titanic, Portaluppi survived the accident, but the way he did it was rather weird.
Sources say that he was in bed in his cabin when the ship hit the iceberg. He realized that something wasn’t right, so he got dressed and left his room. We don’t know whether he wanted to jump on a lifeboat or if he was so panicked that he wanted to jump into the cold water as many other people did, but we know for sure that he ended up in the water.
He didn’t lose his temper, though, and he managed to cling to an ice floe and stay there for a couple of hours until a lifeboat came and rescued him.
What do you think about Emilio Portaluppi’s story? Keep reading to discover other impressive things that died along with the Titanic.
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One thing is missing . The sarcophagus(mummy board) of the main priestess of Amen-Ra from the British Museum. It was on the ship .
Since than a copy is being masqueraded around the word .
The captains dog died aboard Titanic as well as other passengers dogs.
The idea that a man was saved after spending an hour in the frigid water is absurd. He’d have
not lasted more than twenty minutes in that water.
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The article was interesting and adds to the tragedy of lives lost and the treasures of those lost lives. But, the editing was atrocities! Numerous misspellings and gramatical errors.
I have not seen it mentioned that to me the most precious items that died were the dogs cats etc the passengers had with them.
Does anyone proof-read and spell check these articles before they are posted? It’s not that hard to do.
Sorry 😞 this article, in my never to be humble, opinion was a waste of time.
Hey Anna, your glaring ignorance shows, “Harbeck managed to get lots of videos of Alaska”. Video wasn’t invented yet, not for about 50 years later. What a dope.
My mother was very young at the time, but she and my grandparents were supposed to take the return visit back to England on the Titanic. It never arrived for them to do that. I wish I had the tickets today, but my grandfather got his money back instead.
Very interesting. For those who died as well as their belongings, you still cannot take it with you.
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