A PARTICULARLY RARE ITEM OF 'TITANIC' EPHEMERA. THE ORIGINAL 'CONTINUOUS CERTIFICATE OF DISCHARGE' BOOK NO.667886 OF THE 2ND CASHIER OF THE 'TITANIC' MISS MABEL ELVINA MARTIN, ISSUED TO HER AT SOUTHAMPTON 10TH APRIL 1912 AND SHOWING HER "DATE AND PLACE OF DISCHARGE" ---- 15.4.1912 : LAT 41 15N LONG 50 14'W . IT BEARS THE FULL SIGNATURE AND THE ENTRY UNDER SIGNATURE OF MASTER" READS "WHITE STAR LINE S/S CO PER J.A. SHEPHERD" . INCLUDED WITH THE LOT IS A PHOTOGRAPH OF MISS MARTIN IN LATER LIFE AND THE FOLLOWING POSTCARDS WHICH WERE HER PROPERTY: A) A RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS 'OILETTE' POSTCARD 9898 SHOWING THE PROFILE VIEW OF THE TITANIC'S PORT SIDE B) VALENTINE'S SERIES POSTCARD SHOWING TITANIC'S PORT SIDE WITH TUG IN ATTENDANCE AND CAPTION 'THE MOST APPALLING DISASTER IN MARITIME HISTORY'. THE WHITE STAR LINER 'TITANIC' SUNK ON HER MAIDEN VOYAGE OFF CAPE RACE 15TH APRIL 1912 C) ROTARY PHOTOGRAPHIC SERIES NO.3722 D , BLACK BORDER PHOTOGRAPH OF PORT SIDE VIEWED FROM FOR'D OF HER BOW, ABOVE THE WORDS AND MUSIC OF 'NEARER MY GOD TO THEE' D) 'NATIONAL' SERIES POSTCARD, BLACK BORDER WITH PROFILE REPRESENTATION OF THE PORT SIDE OF 'TITANIC' ABOVE A HEAD AND SHOULDER PHOTOGRAPH OF CAPTAIN EDWARD J. SMITH R.N.R. WITH WORDS AND MUSIC OF "NEARER MY GOD TO THEE!" TO THE RIGHT NOTE: MISS MABEL EDWINA MARTIN WAS BORN 18TH MARCH 1892 AND THEREFORE WAS JUST TWENTY YEARS OLD WHEN TITANIC FOUNDERED. SHE WAS THE '2ND CASHIER' IN THE EXCLUSIVE RITZ RESTAURANT. AT THE TIME OF HER SIGNING SHIP'S ARTICLES AT SOUTHAMPTON HER HOME ADDRESS WAS - 1 APSLEY VILLAS, HORN LANE, ACTON, LONDON. SHE WAS ONE OF THE 23 WOMEN IN THE VICTUALLING DEPARTMENT OF WHOM 20 WERE SAVED AND 3 LOST. SHE DID NOT RESUME A CAREER AT SEA. HAVING SURVIVED THE TRAUMA OF THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC SADLY SHE WAS KILLED OUTSIDE HER HOME IN KINGSTON BY A MOTORCYCLE ON 2ND APRIL 1960. PROVENANCE BY DESCENT See illustration
A PARTICULARLY RARE ITEM OF 'TITANIC' EPHEMERA. THE ORIGINAL 'CONTINUOUS CERTIFICATE OF DISCHARGE' BOOK NO.667886 OF THE 2ND CASHIER OF THE 'TITANIC' MISS MABEL ELVINA MARTIN, ISSUED TO HER AT SOUTHAMPTON 10TH APRIL 1912 AND SHOWING HER "DATE AND PLACE OF DISCHARGE" ---- 15.4.1912 : LAT 41 15N LONG 50 14'W . IT BEARS THE FULL SIGNATURE AND THE ENTRY UNDER SIGNATURE OF MASTER" READS "WHITE STAR LINE S/S CO PER J.A. SHEPHERD" . INCLUDED WITH THE LOT IS A PHOTOGRAPH OF MISS MARTIN IN LATER LIFE AND THE FOLLOWING POSTCARDS WHICH WERE HER PROPERTY: A) A RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS 'OILETTE' POSTCARD 9898 SHOWING THE PROFILE VIEW OF THE TITANIC'S PORT SIDE B) VALENTINE'S SERIES POSTCARD SHOWING TITANIC'S PORT SIDE WITH TUG IN ATTENDANCE AND CAPTION 'THE MOST APPALLING DISASTER IN MARITIME HISTORY'. THE WHITE STAR LINER 'TITANIC' SUNK ON HER MAIDEN VOYAGE OFF CAPE RACE 15TH APRIL 1912 C) ROTARY PHOTOGRAPHIC SERIES NO.3722 D , BLACK BORDER PHOTOGRAPH OF PORT SIDE VIEWED FROM FOR'D OF HER BOW, ABOVE THE WORDS AND MUSIC OF 'NEARER MY GOD TO THEE' D) 'NATIONAL' SERIES POSTCARD, BLACK BORDER WITH PROFILE REPRESENTATION OF THE PORT SIDE OF 'TITANIC' ABOVE A HEAD AND SHOULDER PHOTOGRAPH OF CAPTAIN EDWARD J. SMITH R.N.R. WITH WORDS AND MUSIC OF "NEARER MY GOD TO THEE!" TO THE RIGHT NOTE: MISS MABEL EDWINA MARTIN WAS BORN 18TH MARCH 1892 AND THEREFORE WAS JUST TWENTY YEARS OLD WHEN TITANIC FOUNDERED. SHE WAS THE '2ND CASHIER' IN THE EXCLUSIVE RITZ RESTAURANT. AT THE TIME OF HER SIGNING SHIP'S ARTICLES AT SOUTHAMPTON HER HOME ADDRESS WAS - 1 APSLEY VILLAS, HORN LANE, ACTON, LONDON. SHE WAS ONE OF THE 23 WOMEN IN THE VICTUALLING DEPARTMENT OF WHOM 20 WERE SAVED AND 3 LOST. SHE DID NOT RESUME A CAREER AT SEA. HAVING SURVIVED THE TRAUMA OF THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC SADLY SHE WAS KILLED OUTSIDE HER HOME IN KINGSTON BY A MOTORCYCLE ON 2ND APRIL 1960. PROVENANCE BY DESCENT See illustration
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