Millvina Dean R.M.S. Titanic Last and Youngest Survivor Late 2008 Final Signings

Hi All,

Ms. Millvina Dean late 2008: The youngest and last survivor of the Titanic disaster. Signed to me personally very shortly before she died and sent with a photo to me smiling. Sepia, thin Sharpie! :) I had limited correspondence with her and she was a most charming and wise lady. This photo I chose quite specifically. Everyone got the usual postcard of her as a baby or the Titanic - this is an unpublished hand-tinted original 1924 photograph of the stern of the White Star Line Adriatic - on which she and her mother and brother returned to England after the Titanic sank and husband/father was lost. Thus, unique.
But - this Adriatic was also ship brought over on her maiden Voyage in 1907 by E.J. Smith, the man who would later Captain the Titanic.
In NYC, Captain Smith said to the press upon the arrival of the Adriatic that he could not imagine any conditions in which a modern ship would founder- that we had...gone beyond that. He also commented that he had never been wrecked and had a very uneventful career. This...did not quite pan out.

Best wishes,

                   Eric

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on November 10, 2015 at 7:35pm

Hi again,

I thought you might like to see the photo that accompanied the autograph. This was the day she signed for me.

Best wishes,

                 Eric

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Permalink Reply by August on November 29, 2015 at 3:50am

Eric,

This is a very wonderful, and important, autograph. Thanks for sharing and you must be very honored to have received it! Wonderful postcard that she signed - as a collector of historical autographs myself I'm really appreciate what you did here. RIP Ms. Dean - her legacy lives through this. Wonderful! This is what historical autos are about! :-)

August

August

Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on November 29, 2015 at 3:57am

Hello August,

Thank you. I am pleased you like it. I tried very hard to think of something meaningful and unique - this handtinted photograph was perfect. It is one of my treasured items. Check out "My Page" for another Historical Autograph from Hiroshima.

Best wishes,

                 Eric

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