![]() ![]() The Titanic 's musicians, led by Wallace Hartley, were employed as crew, but given second-class accommodations. Morgan is also rumored to have been planning to make the voyage and changed plans last-minute, but there is no substantiation of his ever having been booked. Hershey, founder of Hershey's chocolate, made plans to sail aboard the ship's maiden voyage, but cancelled his booking before the ship set sail. Swedish first class passenger and businessman Mauritz Håkan Björnström-Steffansson owned the most highly valued single object on board: a masterpiece of French neoclassical painting entitled La Circassienne au Bain, for which he would later claim US$100,000 in compensation (equivalent to US$3 million in 2022). Thayer, vice president of Pennsylvania Railroad, and his wife, Marian Charles Hays, president of Canada's Grand Trunk Railway William Ernest Carter and his wife, American socialite Lucile Carter millionaire, philanthropist and women's rights activist Margaret Brown tennis star and banker Karl Behr famous American silent film actress Dorothy Gibson prominent Buffalo architect Edward Austin Kent and President William Howard Taft's military aide, Major Archibald Butt, who was returning to resume his duties after a six-week trip to Europe. ![]() Among others were industrialist magnate and millionaire Benjamin Guggenheim Macy's department store owner, and former member of the United States House of Representatives Isidor Straus, and his wife Ida George Dennick Wick, founder and president of Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company millionaire streetcar magnate George Dunton Widener John B. Astor was the wealthiest passenger aboard the ship and one of the richest men in the world his great-grandfather John Jacob Astor was the first multi-millionaire in America. Some of the most prominent members of the American social elite made the trip: real estate builder, businessman, and multimillionaire Colonel John Jacob Astor IV and his 18-year-old pregnant wife Madeleine were returning to the United States for their child's birth. Bruce Ismay and the ship's Harland and Wolff designer, Thomas Andrews, were both on board to oversee the ship's progress on her maiden voyage. Lord Pirrie, chairman of Harland and Wolff, intended to travel aboard the Titanic, but illness prevented him from joining the ill-fated voyage however, White Star Line's managing director J. The Cavendishes of London were among other prominent British couples on board, as well. Colonel Archibald Gracie IV, a real estate investor and member of the wealthy Scottish-American Gracie family, embarked at Southampton. And in 2021, Lewis the greyhound got a taste of luxury many of us will never experience last month, when he flew business class on a Singapore Airlines flight from Melbourne to Italy.Many members of the British aristocracy made the trip: The Countess of Rothes, wife of the 19th Earl of Rothes, embarked at Southampton with her parents, Thomas and Clementina Dyer-Edwardes, and cousin Gladys Cherry. Last year, passengers on a Southwest Airlines flight were tickled but confused when they spotted a cute French bulldog sniffing about the plane’s aisle. Pet’s must be at least 10 weeks old for domestic travel and will count as travellers one carry-on item. “While our four-legged friend’s fun was short-lived, it now knows even the hippest of cats must remain in their carrier stowed under the seat in front of their owner.”ĭelta’s pet carry-on rules allow cats onboard in a ventilated pet carrier that fits under the seat in front of you. The cat was safely returned to its pet carrier.Ī Delta representative told Insider: “Everyone – including our feline friends – are required to remain seated while the aircraft is taxiing for takeoff.” The friendly feline should have been flying in a ventilated pet carrier (Getty Images/iStockphoto) ![]()
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