04-06-2012, 01:06 PM
For nearly a century this rare collection of postcards mourning the loss of the Titanic - rushed out in the aftermath of the sinking - have only been seen by a privileged few.
But now the striking images are to adorn memorabilia after a ten-year search reunited them with their original publisher Bamforth’s - allowing them to appear on licensed products for the first time since 1912.
weeks of the sinking of the Titanic on April 15 1912 Bamforth & Co, based in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, published six postcards commemorating the tragic event.
more at link:
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...z1rHSoveLI
But now the striking images are to adorn memorabilia after a ten-year search reunited them with their original publisher Bamforth’s - allowing them to appear on licensed products for the first time since 1912.
weeks of the sinking of the Titanic on April 15 1912 Bamforth & Co, based in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, published six postcards commemorating the tragic event.
more at link:
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...z1rHSoveLI