Improved
“overhead” pattern lifevest, R.M.S. Titanic
Unidentified maker, England, ca 1911
Gift of the McLellan Family
1988.47.01
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This life vest, presumably
from the Titanic, was acquired by
Edwin Clay McLellan, an undertaker sent to
Halifax, Nova Scotia for the purpose of preparing
the hundreds of bodies recovered from the
wreck for burial. |
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For more information, e-mail collections@mariner.org.
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