April 27, 1865, America’s greatest maritime disaster
From the category archives:
“Unmarked American gold-filled tau-form handle with all over floral chasing and inscribed oval panel on left side that reads Presented/by Sultana Survivors/Toledo, O. April 27th/1892, mounted on an ebonized tapered hardwood shaft with 1.7″ nickel and steel ferrule.”
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Limited editions of books by New England based author Edward Rowe Snow, contain fragments of wood supposedly from the Sultana.
Above is a scan of the wood fragment as it appears in a copy of ”Amazing Sea Stories Never Told Before.” An accompanying photo shows a girl identified as Dorothy Caroline Snow, the author’s daughter, standing next to [...]
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The Holy Grail for Sultana collectors, Chester Berry’s collection of over 130 individual accounts of the disaster was published in 1892. Contains assorted woodcut images of contributors as well as a listing of passengers on board the Sultana.
An online version is available through Google books.
Original copies can be found periodically on Amazon.com and through eBay. A reprint of [...]
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