The Titanic

Source Quiz

Have a look at the picture below.

It shows a steward's jacket that was recovered from the wreck of the Titanic and is now in the Titanic Museum in New York.

The Titanic, owned by the White Star Shipping Line, only made one journey and sank on the night of 15th April 1912.

Titanic Jacket

The jacket belonged to a cook	The jacket was found on the Titanic


The jacket is at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean	The jacket was worn in 1912


The jacket was made by the steward's mother

What is the source? .

Why has the source survived? .

What was it used for? .

What does the jacket tell us?

That there were stewards on the Titanic
That stewards wore jackets
All of these
That stewards' jackets had long sleeves

How has the jacket survived?
Preserved by a museum
Good quality material
The steward kept it

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