Titanic Research Paper

Titanic: Second Class passengers ?All Aboard!?, the crew members yell with joy as they open the docks for the Titanic. The?Titanic's passengers were divided into three separate classes, determined not only by the price of their ticket but by wealth and social class: those travelling in first class, were prominent members of the upper class and included businessmen, politicians, high-ranking military personnel, industrialists, bankers and professional athletes. First class was the wealthiest on board. Second class passengers were middle class travelers and included professors, authors, clergymen and tourists. Third class or?steerage passengers were primarily immigrants moving to the United States and Canada. …show more content…
Family rooms usually combined single and bunk beds. A small settee would often be supplied, together with a writing desk and wardrobe or dressing table and washing facilities. Most of the cabins in second class had bunk beds, unless someone booked a single-person cabin. There were no private toilets for each individual cabin, although sinks and shaving/makeup mirror were in fact provided. Bed linen was changed every day by the ships stewardesses. (?Titanic- on Board?) ?It would have been difficult a few years ago to conceive such sumptuous appointments in the second class natural to each cabin; the rooms are finished enamel white and have mahogany future covered with coquette and linoleum tiles on the floor.? ?White Star …show more content…
These social conventions continued on board Titanic, when, after dinner, the gentlemen of the second class would retreat to the male-only Smoking Room.? Here they might spend some time enjoying a drink and engaging in a friendly hand of cards. Located on B-deck above the second class library, the Smoking Room was paneled in carved oak.? Its oak furniture, upholstered in dark green Moroccan leather, added to its masculine air. The floor was laid with linoleum tiles, the very latest in 1912 floor covering. (?Titanic- on Board?). "The decoration is a variation of Louis XVI period; the paneling and dado are of oak relieved with carving; the furniture is of oak of special design, covered with plain, dark green morocco". -White Star

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