(Source: phillip-silva, via jabbathehawt-deactivated2012020)
~ The Jenness Miller Magazine, July 1890
via AttaGirl circa 1900
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“Whether you float, swim, or dive you will not have a surplus of clothing full of water dragging you under.”
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Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, c1907, sporstman and philanthropist. He died on the RMS Lusitania, a hero:
“Vanderbilt and his valet, Ronald Denyer, helped others into lifeboats, and then Vanderbilt gave his lifejacket to save a female passenger. Vanderbilt had promised the young mother of a small baby that he would locate an extra lifevest for her. Failing to do so, he offered her his own life vest, which he proceeded to even tie on to her himself since she was holding her infant child in her arms at the time. Many consider his actions to be very brave and gallant since he could not swim, he knew that there were no other lifevests or lifeboats available, and yet he still gave away his only chance to survive to the young mother and child….Vanderbilt’s fate was ironic as three years earlier he had made a last minute decision not to return to the U.S. on RMS Titanic [rival competitor to the Lusitania]
Truly a great man.](http://lcweb2.loc.gov/service/pnp/cph/3c10000/3c18000/3c18300/3c18342v.jpg)
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, c1907, sporstman and philanthropist. He died on the RMS Lusitania, a hero:
“Vanderbilt and his valet, Ronald Denyer, helped others into lifeboats, and then Vanderbilt gave his lifejacket to save a female passenger. Vanderbilt had promised the young mother of a small baby that he would locate an extra lifevest for her. Failing to do so, he offered her his own life vest, which he proceeded to even tie on to her himself since she was holding her infant child in her arms at the time. Many consider his actions to be very brave and gallant since he could not swim, he knew that there were no other lifevests or lifeboats available, and yet he still gave away his only chance to survive to the young mother and child….Vanderbilt’s fate was ironic as three years earlier he had made a last minute decision not to return to the U.S. on RMS Titanic [rival competitor to the Lusitania]
Truly a great man.
