What were the interiors like for first-class passengers on board the Titanic? 

We explore the first-class world of the Titanic 110 years after its sinking
The A la Carte restaurant as illustrated by the publicity office of The White Star Line. The concept of eating when you liked was an innovative concept even for the upper classes at the time.

The A la Carte restaurant as illustrated by the publicity office of The White Star Line. The concept of eating when you liked was an innovative concept even for the upper classes at the time.

Since the Titanic slipped beneath the frigid waters of the North Atlantic, we have been obsessed with everything to do with the fateful, Belfast-built ocean liner. One area of persistent interest is the sheer spoiling enjoyed by its first-class passengers. 

The first movie about the disaster premiered within a month of the sinking, Saved from the Titanic, the archived reels of which were lost in a curious studio fire in the 1950s. The movie’s star and Titanic survivor Dorothy Gibson, rowed up to the premiere in the same outfit she was rescued in, a white dress and long black evening gloves. 

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