The Cargo of Titanic Valued at $420,000
Loading Provisions, Supplies, and Cargo onto a Steamship ca 1915. GGA Image ID # 10dc250179
Merchandise of Every Kind Went to the Bottom with Giant Liner.
ALL HIGH-CLASS FREIGHT
Tiffany, Claflin, Lazard Brothers, the Barings, and the Express Companies Among the Consigners.
The full list of freight and express cargo on the White Star liner Titanic when that vessel went down last Monday morning was received in New York Friday in the registered mail of the Cunarder Mauretania. The manifest shows a cargo, the value of which is conservatively estimated at about $420,000.
The weight of the cargo was about 1,400 tons, not a large amount, all things considered, until it is remembered that cargo was a secondary matter so far as the Titanic was concerned.
That ship was built for high-priced passengers and what little cargo she carried was also of the kind that demanded quick transportation. The Titanic's freight was for the most part what is known as high-class package freight.
Among the consignees of the Titanic's cargo were Tiffany & Co., whose consignment was silver goods; H. B. Claflin Company, Baring Brothers Company, the American Express Company, the United States Express Company, Lazard Freres, Austin Nichols & Co., Acker, Merrall & Condit Co., Alfred Suter, A. G. Spalding & Bro., the Spencerian Pen Company, B. Altman & Co., F. R. Arnold & Co., Adams Express Company, and
The cargo consisted of high-class freight, which had to be taken quickly on board and which could be just as quickly discharged. The articles were such as fine laces, ostrich feathers, wines, liquors, and fancy food commodities.
The manifest of the Titanic follows the name of the consignee coming first and the nature and amount of the goods consigned following.
Acker, Merrall & Condit
- 75 case anchovies
- 225 case mussels
- 1 case liquor
- 50 cases wine
Adams Express
- 35 case books
Adams Express Company
- 4 rolls linoleum
- 3 bales leather
- 1 case hats
- 6 cases confectionery
- 5 cases books
- 1 case tin tubes
- 2 cases soap
- 2 cases boots
Aero Club of America
- 1 case machinery
- 1 case printed matter
Altman, B. & Company
- 1 case cotton
American Express Company
- 25 cases merchandise
- 1 case elastics
- 1 case Edison gramophones
- 4 cases hosiery
- 5 cases books
- 1 case canvas
- 1 case rubber goods
- 3 cases prints
- 6 cases film
- 1 case tweed
- 1 case (? syringe fittings)
- oak beams
- 1 case plants
- 1 case speedometers
- 1 package effects
- 2 cases samples
- 8 cases paste
- 3 cases cameras & stands
- 4 cases books
- 2 parcels merchandise
- 1 case packed packages
- 3 cases tissues
- 2 barrels mercury
- 1 barrel earth
- 2 barrels glassware
- 3 cases printed matter
- 1 case straw braids
- 3 cases straw hats
- 1 case cheese
- 18 cases merchandise
- 30 bundles cheese
- 2 cases cognac
American Motor Company 0
- 1 package candles
American Shipping Company
- 5 cases books
Anderson Refridg, Mach. Company
- 11 cases refrigeration apparatus
Arnold, F. R. & Company
- 6 cases soap
Arnold & Zeiss
- 134 cases rubber
Austin, Nichols
- 25 cases olive oil
- 14 cases mushrooms
Bardwill Bros
- 8 cases laces
Baring Bros. & Company
- 63 cases rubber
- 100 bgd gutta (percha)
Baumert, F. X. & Company
- 50 bundles cheese
Baumgarten. Wm & Co
- 3 cases furniture
Bernard, Judas & Company
- 70 bundles cheese
Blechoff, H. & Company
- 35 bags rough wood
Blum, J.A.
- 3 cases silk goods
Brasch & Rothenstein
- 2 cases lace collars
- 2 cases books
Broadway Trust Company
- 3 cases coney skins (rabbit)
Brown Brothers & Company
- 100 bales shelled Walnuts
- 76 cases dragon's blood
- 3 case gum
- 100 cases shelled walnuts
- 15 cases rabbit hair
Budd, S.
- 1 parcel merchandise
Calhoun, Robbins & Company
- 1 case cotton laces
- 1/2 case brush ware
Carbon Machinery Equip. Company
- 1 case clothing
Carter, W. E.
- 1 case auto (parts?)
Cauvigny Brush Company
- 1 case brush ware
Claflin, H. B. & Company
- 12 case cotton lace
Cobb. G. H.
- 1 case lace tissue
Cohen, M. Bros
- 5 package skins
Corbett, M J. & Company
- 2 cases hat leather
Costa, F.
- 1 case silk goods
Crown Perfume Company
- 3 cases soap perfume
Downing, R. F. & Company
- 1 case felt
- 1 case metal
- 2 case tennis balls
- 1 case engine packing
- 1 case iron jacks
- 1 case bulbs
- 1 case hosiery
Dublin, Morris & Kornbluth
- 2 packages skins
Dubois, Geo. F.
- 6 cases vermouth
- 4 cases wine
Du Bois, Geo. C.
- 16 hogshead wine
Dujardin & Ladnick
- 10 Boxes melons
Engs. P. W. & Sons
- 190 case liquor
- 25 cases syrups
First National Bank of Chicago
- 300 cases shelled walnuts
Flietman & Company
- 1 case silk goods
Fouger, E.
- 41 cases filter paper
Fuchs & Lang Manufacturing
- 4 case printers blank
Gallia Textile Company
- 1 case lace goods
Gillman J.
- 4 bales skins
Goldster, Morris
- 11 cases feathers
Gross, Engle Co
- 61 cases tulle veil and scarves netting
Haupt & Burgi
- 50 bundles cheese
Heidelbach, Ickelheimer & Company
- 11 cases shelled walnuts
Hempstead & Sons
- 30 cases plants
Heyliger, A. V.
- 1 case velvet
Hollander, H.
- 185 cases wine
- 110 cases brandy
International News Company
- 10 package periodicals
International Trading Company
- 1 case surgical instruments
- 1 case ironware
Isler & Guve
- 53 package straw
- 4 bales straw
Johnson, J.G. Company
- 2 cases ribbons
Judkins & McCormick
- 2 cases flowers
Knauth, Nachod & Kuhne
- 107 cases mushrooms
- 1 case pamphlets
Kronfeld, Saunders & Company
- 5 cases shells
Kuyper, P. C. & Company
- 1 case elastic cords
- 1 case leather
Lasker &k Bernstein
- 117 cases sponges
Lazard Frères
- 25 case sardines
- 3 cases preserves
- 1 bale skins
Leeming, T. & Company
- 7 cases biscuits
Lemke & Buechner
- 1 parcel merchandise
Lippincott. J. B. & Company
- 10 cases books
Lustig Bros
- 4 case straw hats
Mallouk, H.
- 1 case laces
Maltus & Ware
- 8 case orchids
Maltus & Ware
- 15 cases alarm apparatus
- 11 cases orchids
Manhattan Shirt Company
- 3 cases tissues
Marshall Field & Company
- 1 case gloves
Mathews, G. T. & Company
- 2 cases books and lace
Meadows, Thomas & Company
- 3 cases hosiery
- 5 cases books
- 3 Box samples
- 1 case parchment
Metzger, A. S.
- 2 cases veil and scarf netting (tulle)
Milbank, Leaman & Company
- 2 cases woolens
Mills & Gibb
- 20 case cottons
Moquin Wine Company
- 1 case liquor
- 38 cases oil
Munro, J. & Company
- 22 cases mushrooms
- 15 cases peas
- 3 cases beans
- 10 cases mixed vegetables
- 10 cases peas
- 25 cases olives
- 12 bundles capers
- 10 bundles fish
- 20 bundles merchandise
Muser Brothers
- 3 case tissues
Naday & Fleisher
- 1 case laces
National City Bank of New York
- 11 bales rubber
Nicholas, G. S. & Company
- 1 case merchandise
Nottingham Lace Works
- 2 cases cotton
NY & Cuba SS Company
- 12 cases butter
- 18 cases oil
- 2 hogsheads vinegar
- 19 cases vinegar
- 6 cases preserves
- 8 cases dried fruit
- 10 bundles of 2 cases wine
NY Motion Pic. Co.
- 1 case film
Oelrichs & Company
- 2 cases pictures
Pape, Chas. & Company
- 1,196 bags potatoes
Park & Tilford
- 1 case toothpaste
- 5 case drug sundries
- 1 case brush ware
Peabody, H. W. & Company
- 13 bales straw goods
Percival, C.
- 50 bundles cheese
Petry, P. H. & Company
- 10 bundles cheese
- 1 case veil and scarf netting (tulle)
Phoenix Cheese Company
- 30 bundles cheese
Pitt & Scott
- 4 cases printed matter
- 1 case machinery
- 1 case pictures
- 1 case books
- 1 case merchandise
- 1 case notions
- 1 case photos
Prost. G.
- 1 case auto parts
Rathenberger & Company
- 190 bundles cheese
Rawstick Trading Company
- 28 bags sticks
Reynolds & Dronig
- 15 bundles cheese
Richard, C.B.
- 1 case films
Rosenthal, Leo J. & Company
- 4 cases cotton
Rusch & Company
- 1 case velvets
Rush & Company
- 1 case hair nets
Rydeman & Lassner
- 1 case veil and scarf netting (tulle)
Sanger, R. & Company
- 3 cases hair nets
Sauer, J. P. & Company
- 318 bags potatoes
Schall & Company
- 25 case preserves
Sheldon, G.W. & Company
- 1 case machinery
- 1 case elastics
- 2 cases books
- 1 box golf balls
- 5 cases instruments
Sheldon & Company
- 40 bundles cheese
Sherman Sons & Company
- 7 case cotton
Shieffelin & Company
- 17 packages wool fat
Simon, A. I. & Company
- 1 case raw feathers
Snow's Express Company
- 3 cases books
Spaulding & Brothers
- 34 case athletic goods
Spencerian Pen Company
- 4 case pens
Spielman Company
- 1 case gloves
Spielman Company
- 3 cases silk crepe
Stechert, G. E. & Company
- 12 package periodicals
Stern, S.
- 60 case salt powders
Sterns, R. H. & Company
- 1 case cretonne (silk)
Stone, C.D. & Company
- 50 bundles cheese
Strohmeyer & Arpe
- 75 bales fish
Suter, Alfred
- 18 case machinery
Thomas & Pierson
- 2 cases hardware
- 2 cases books
- 2 cases furniture
Thorburn, J.M. & Company
- 3 case bulbs
Thorer & Praetorius
- 1 bl skins
Tice & Lynch
- 5 cases books
- 1 bag frames
- 1 case cotton
- 2 cases stationery
Tiedeman, T. & Sons
- 2 cases silk goods
Tiffany & Company
- 1 cask china
Tolson, A. M. & Company
- 1 case gloves
Uchs & Hegnoer
- 3 cases silk goods
US Export Company
- 1 case scientific instruments
- 1 case sundries
- 3 cases test cords
- 1 case briar pipes
- 1 case sundries
- 2 cases printed matter
Vandegrift, F. B. & Company
- 63 cases champagne
Vandegrift, F. B.
- 1 case merchandise
Van Engen E.H. & Company
- 1 case woolens
Van Ingen, E. H. & Company
- 1 parcel
Van Renssaller, C. A.
- 10 hogsheads wine
- 15 cases cognac
Victor & Achiles
- 1 case brush ware
Wakem & McLaughlin
- 6 bales cork
- 1 case wine
- 25 case biscuits
- 42 case wines
Wells Fargo & Company
- 2 cases books
- 2 cases furniture
- 1 case pamphlets
- 1 case plants
- 1 case eggs
- 1 case whiskey
Wilson, P. K. & Sons
- 2 cases linens
Wimpfheimer, A. & Company
- 3 cases leather
Witcombe, McGrahm & Company
- 856 rolls linoleum
Wright & Grahm Company
- 437 casks tea
Young Bros.
- 1 case feathers
On Order
- 14 cases factice
- 13 cases gum
- 14 casks gum
- 285 casks tea
- 8 bales skins
- 4 cases opium
- 3 cases window frames
- 8 bales skins
- 8 packages skins
- 1 case skins
- 2 cases horsehair
- 2 cases silk
- 8 bales raw silk
- 4 packages hair nets
- 200 packages tea
- 246 cases sardines
- 30 rolls jute bagging
- 1,963 bags potatoes
- 7 cases raw feathers
- 10 cases hatters fur
- 3 cases tissues
- 1 case rabbit hair
- 31 packages crude rubber
- 7 cases vegetables
- 5 cases fish
- 10 cases syrups
- 2 cases liquors
- 150 cases shelled walnuts
- 15 bundles cheese
- 8 bales buchu
- 2 cases grandfather clocks
- 2 cases leather
Holders of original bills of lading
- 79 goats skins
- 16 cases calabashes
- 5 bales buchu
- 4 cases embroidery
- 3 barrels wine
- 12 cases ostrich feathers
- 4 cases feathers
- 3 bales skins
- 33 bags argols
- 3 bales sheepskins
In 2018, the relative values of $420,000.00 from 1912 ranges from $8,040,000.00 to $228,000,000.00. Samuel H. Williamson, "Seven Ways to Compute the Relative Value of a U.S. Dollar Amount, 1790 to present," MeasuringWorth, 2019.
"Cargo of Titanic Valued at $420,000: Merchandise of Every Kind Went to the Bottom with Giant Liner," The New York Times, 21 April 1912, p. 5 c. 1+.