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Titanic Survivors: One Ship, Two Different Worlds
Focusing on Details: Compare and Contrast
Examine the documents included in this activity and write your response in the space provided.
Compare and contrast the list of items provided by Charlotte Cardeza and Yum Hee.
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Titanic Survivors: One Ship, Two Different Worlds
Focusing on Details: Compare and Contrast
What do these lists reveal about the differences between passengers that traveled in first class and those that traveled steerage?
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Claim of Charlotte D. M. Cardeza
1913
This primary source comes from the Records of District Courts of the United States.
National Archives Identifier:
6210868Full Citation: Claim of Charlotte D. M. Cardeza; 1913; In the Matter of the Petition of the Oceanic Steam Navigation Company, Limited, for Limitation of its Liability as owner of the steamship TITANIC; Admiralty Case Files, 1790 - 1966; Records of District Courts of the United States, ; National Archives at New York, New York, NY. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/claim-of-charlotte-d-m-cardeza, November 9, 2024]
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Claim of Yum Hee
1913
Yum Hee travelled in steerage aboard the Titanic. He survived the disaster and filed a claim for his lost property. As part of his claim, he included a list of the items he brought aboard with him.
He initially calculated the value of his items in British pounds (£) and then used the contemporary exchange rate (1 £ = $4.86) to convert his claim to U.S. Dollars. So, his items were worth 18 £, 14 s, or the equivalent of $91.85.
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“In the Matter of the Petition of the Oceanic Steam Navigation Company, Limited, for Limitation of its Liability as owner of the steamship TITANIC” case that began after the sinking of the Titanic. This case was initiated to limit the liability of the Oceanic Steam Navigation Company, Ltd., for loss of life and property resulting from the sinking of the Titanic on its maiden voyage. The case file contains court papers, evidence, and claims of survivors and representatives of the deceased.
This primary source comes from the Records of District Courts of the United States.
National Archives Identifier:
6210878Full Citation: Claim of Yum Hee; 1913; In the Matter of the Petition of the Oceanic Steam Navigation Company, Limited, for Limitation of its Liability as owner of the steamship TITANIC; Admiralty Case Files, 1790 - 1966; Records of District Courts of the United States, ; National Archives at New York, New York, NY. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/claim-yum-hee, November 9, 2024]
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