Titanic's Food:
Fresh Meat: 75,000 lbs.
Fresh Fish: 11,000 lbs.
Bacon and Ham: 7,500 lbs.
Fresh Eggs: 40,000
Ice Cream: 1,750 qts.
Coffee: 2,200 lbs.
Tea: 800 lbs.
Flour: 200 barrels.
Oranges: 36,000
Lemons: 16,000
Fresh Milk: 1,500 gallons
Butter: 6,000 lbs.
Tomatoes: 2¾ tons
Potatoes: 40 tons
Beer and Stout: 20,000 bottles
Wines: 1,500 bottles
Spirits: 850 bottles
Champagne: 63 cases
Titanic's Serving Utensils:
Tea Cups: 3,000 Dinner Plates: 12,000
Ice Cream Plates: 5,500
Souffle Dishes: 1,500
Wine Glasses: 2,000
Salt Shakers: 2,000
Pudding Dishes: 1,200
Finger Bowls: 1,000
Oyster Forks: 1,000
Nut Crackers: 300
Egg Spoons: 2,000
Grape Scissors: 1,500
Asparagus Tongs: 400
Cargo—The Usual and Unusual:
There were 3,364 bags of mail on board and between 700 and 800 parcels.
One Renault 35 hp automobile owned by passenger William Carter.
One Marmalade Machine owned by passenger Edwina Trout.
One case of toothpaste for Park & Tilford.
Three cases of Soap Perfume.
Eight cases of orchids.
11 bales of rubber for the National City Bank of New York.
A cask of china headed for Tiffany's was in the cargo hold.
34 cases of athletic goods for A.G. Spalding.
A jewelled copy of The Rubáiyát by Omar Khayyám, with illustrations by Eliku Vedder. The item sold for £405 at auction in March of 1912 to an American bidder. The binding took two years to execute, and the decoration embodied 1,050 precious stones, each separately set in gold.
Four cases of opium.
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3340 Peachtree Rd NE
Suite 2250
Atlanta, GA 30326
