Madeleine Astor was the queen of New York’s high society when she boarded the Titanic with her new husband, John Jacob Astor ...

By Our Special Society Correspondent, Aboard the TitanicFiled April 13, 1912 — Somewhere on the Atlantic ABOARD RMS TITANIC — ...

The Titanic's sinking claimed over 1,500 lives. There were well-known people among the casualties.

From Heiresses to Industrialists, the World’s Most Influential Citizens Sail Together on a Floating Palace ABOARD RMS TITANIC ...

20s-30s): Plays KATE MULLINS (Irish 3rd class passenger), MADELEINE ASTOR (American 1st class passenger, socialite, and wife of real estate magnate John Jacob Astor IV), and a STEWARDESS Track 20 ...

Famed artist Maxfield Parrish was a Quaker and teetotaler who was hesitant to decorate a watering hole, but he couldn’t resist the $5,000 commission being offered by John Jacob Astor IV in 1906 ...

“So then [her son] John Jacob Astor IV decides to fight back. They’re thinking of tearing down their mansion and building a horse stable to spite the hotel, because the smell would be terrible. Then ...

This article is written by William Roka, a historian with the South Street Seaport Museum. Titanic and New York City, ...