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RMS Titanic - Marconi portrait with Carpathia telegram
RMS Titanic - one of the rarest and finest Titanic related telegrams known, described by the late Ken Schultz as an exceptional piece of history'. A handwritten marconigram sent to the Carpathia by Guglielmo Marconi on 18 April 1912 at 3.15am: Wire your news dispatches immediately to MSC or to Navy boats if this impossible ask Captain give reason why no news allowed to be transmitted Guglielmo Marconi'. Marconi gave lengthy evidence to the US Senate enquiry, denying that he attempted to communicate with the Carpathia, but later admitting when he was recalled by the enquiry that he sent one telegram, this one. The marconigram is framed and glazed, together with a colour portrait of Marconi from Vanity Fair above it. Date: 1912
Media ID 32252884
© Henry Aldridge & Son Ltd. / Mary Evans
Admitted Allowed Attempted Carpathia Communicate Enquiry Evidence Exceptional Finest Gave Give Glazed Guglielmo Handwritten Immediately Impossible Includes Lengthy Marconi News Piece Provenance Reason Recalled Related Schultz Senate Telegram Telegrams Titanic Transmitted Vanity Wire
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