RMS <I>Titanic</I> Life Vest
date: label: date made
content: 1912
notes: label: Description
content: Chicago physician Dr. Frank Blackmarr, a passenger aboard <I>Titanic</I>'s rescue ship RMS <I>Carpathia</I>, helped the survivors suffering from hypothermia, exposure, and shock. He collected a <I>Titanic</I> life vest during the voyage as a souvenir. Five days into its maiden voyage in 1912, the White Star ocean liner <I>Titanic</I> struck an iceberg at full speed in the North Atlantic, en route from England to the United States. For the next few hours, the giant ship took on water and began to nose down into the sea. At 2:20 a.m. on April 15, the gigantic ship sank in 12,500 feet of water 350 miles off the coast of Canada. Within about two hours, <I>Carpathia</I> arrived and rescued the <I>Titanic</I>'s 705 surviving crew and passengers. Around 1,500 people aboard were lost.
topic: label: related event
content: The Emergence of Modern America
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content: Work and Industry: Maritime
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: Transportation
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content: On the Water exhibit
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content: Titanic
label: Exhibition
content: On the Water
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: National Museum of American History. On the Water exhibition website
label: Related Web Publication
content: http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthewater
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Chicago Historical Society (through Teresa Krutz) and Dr. Frank H. Blackmarr
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0319.01
label: catalog number
content: 82.0319.01
label: accession number
content: 1982.0319
objectType: label: Object Name
content: life jacket
label: Other Terms
content: life jacket; Maritime
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: textile (outside material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 in x 12 in; 58.42 cm x 30.48 cm