Case for laying a travel ticket on the ship of White Star Line shipping company, owner of the famous Titanic ship, c - 1910. Captions in four languages include Yiddish.
Canvas and leather case to with two travel card pockets. On the outside, the company name: WHITE SRAT LINE and WHITE STAR DOMINION LINE - a flag emblazoned with a star at its center, and the main travel route - from Europe to America. On the inside, the company and its branches in four languages: Yiddish , English, Polish, and German. On the back are the streets names in which the company's offices are located in various European cities.
Such travel cases appeared under the auspices of the company as early as the 20th century. We could not verify if this wallet is indeed a remnant of the famous Titanic cruise ship, we should note that over the years several finds of Jewish victims who sailed in the Titanic were discovered, such as the pocket watch with the Hebrew letters of the Russian immigrant Sinai Kantor who perished between 1514 Passengers of the ship, as well as some of the belongings of the Jewish Governor Benjamin Gogleheim. The period between 1880 and 1921 is the largest period of European Jews emigrating to the United States. More than two million Jews fled anti-Semitism, pogroms and forced recruitment to the Russian army and arrived in the United States. According to what we know there were dozens of such Jews on the Titanic. according to Eli Moskowitz, author of the "Titanic Jews" book, aboard the Titanic sailing no less than 80 Jews known by their names.
"White Star Line" well-known and prominent British shipping company, established in 1845 by John Pilkington and Henry Thurpool Wilson. It's name was published in the aftermath of the Titanic disaster that coincided with her premiere on April 15, 1912 following an iceberg injury. In the disaster, 1,514 people perished, including many celebrities, and only 712 survived. And the loss of Sister Britannic, during World War I.
Size: open 22x17 cm. Closed: 11x17 cm. Few cracking, good condition.
