Rare photos of 19th-century blacks speak to modern Americans

Rare photos of 19th-century blacks speak to modern Americans

Written by William J. Kole

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Some faces are pensive; others are proud. Some are known; others are obscure. All are black.

Last Titanic lunch menu, saved by survivor, going to auction
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Last Titanic lunch menu, saved by survivor, going to auction

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Written by Ula Ilnytzky
NEW YORK (AP) — The Titanic's last lunch menu — saved by a passenger who climbed aboard the so-called "Money Boat" before the ocean liner went down — is going to auction, where it's estimated it will bring $50,000 to $70,000.

The online New York auctioneer Lion Heart Autographs is offering the menu and two other previously unknown artifacts from Lifeboat 1 on Sept. 30. The auction marks the 30th anniversary of the wreckage's discovery at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.

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