photos by Mercedes Niess, unless otherwise noted

left: a full room of prominent people, from Oswego and elsewhere, enjoy their 8 course dinner, based on menus and recipes from the Titanic.  Photo by Harrison Wilde.

above: Grace and Fred Raes listen to period music, while sampling the wines, which were served with three of the courses.  Photo by Harrison Wilde.

Titanic First Class Dinner Menu  

April 22, 2006

King Arthur’s Restaurant

Dinner served 7:30 pm

Cream of Barley with drop of Sherry

Poached Salmon with Dill Hollandaise Sauce

Wine - Alice White Lexis

Sorbet

Sauté of Chicken Lyonnaise

Vegetable Marrow Farcie

Wine- San Rocco Pinot Grigio

Sorbet

Roast Sirloin of Beef Forestiere

Chateau Potatoes

Wine- Xplorador Malbec

Sorbet

Cold Fresh Asparagus Salad with Herb Vinaigrette

Waldorf Pudding with Sauce

Assorted Fresh Fruits and Fine Cheeses

Coffee

Profiteroles – Chocolate Painted Stuffed Cream Puffs

left: Rob Auler played period music throughout the evening.

right: Terry & Martha Hammill show how much fun they're having.

left: guests peruse the silent auction offerings

above: Bill Reilly and Mindy Ostrow fully enjoy themselves.

The "Legends and Lore" table provided guests with pictures, stories, biographies and more.  The research for the binder was found mostly at www.encyclopedia-titanica.org. Other useful links can be found on the "Links" page of this web site.

The custom made deck chairs - replicas of ones from the White Star Line - were won by Steve and Marianne Thomas of Oswego.  Some of our Board of Trustees are seen here, showing them off before the event. l-r: Allen Bjorkman, Associate Director, Mercedes Niess, Susan Wild and Joan Waterbury.

Harrison Wilde, seen here surrounded by beautiful guests, provided his professional photography services for those who wished to capture the evening for posterity.

The Ranous family was one group partaking of Mr. Wilde's services.

Couples, individuals and families all took part in the night's celebration.

Didn't the Duane and Sue Morton look fabulous in their costumes?

Rest assured that Harrison got them from the right angle to get Sue's lovely face!

People checked in at the "Purser's Desk" to get their seating assignments and silent auction bid numbers, as well as to purchase mementos.

Margie Minor and Brian Kocher examine the seating assignments they received; they were seated at Miss Edith Louise Rosenbaum's table.  Miss Rosenbaum was a journalist, traveling first class aboard the Titanic.

Tables were named for notables and Miss Rosenbaum's fellow first class passengers and bios were available for guests to read - abbreviated versions on the tables and full versions on the "Legends and Lore" table.  

Other guests found themselves seated "with" Captain Edward John Smith, businessman Benjamin Guggenheim, Dr. Alice Leader, the activist Mrs. Margaret "Molly" Brown, bandmaster Wallace Henry Hartley (although he actually wouldn't have been traveling first class), theater manager Henry Birkhardt Harris, the artist Francis Davis Millet, shipbuilder Thomas Andrews Jr., lawyer Frederic Kimber Seward, businessman Isidor Straus, writer Colonel Archibald Gracie, real estate developer Colonel John Jacob Astor, or engine crew member Joseph Dawson (whom we also bumped to first class for the evening so people could learn more about the real "Jack Dawson" as apposed to the character from the blockbuster film "Titanic").