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- Henry Blank was an American jeweller and Titanic survivor who played a significant role in the early days of the American jewellery industry. Born in Providence, Rhode Island on September 17, 1872, Blank rose from humble beginnings to become a successful businessman and a first-class passenger on the ill-fated RMS Titanic’s maiden voyage in 1912.
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First Class Passenger and Survivor. Mr Henry Blank was born in Providence, Rhode Island, USA on 17 September 1872 the son of Henry Blank Sr. and Hortense Lowenather. 1 Henry moved to Philadelphia with his family in his youth. He later moved to Newark, New Jersey, while still a teenager in search of better job opportunities.
- Henry Blank Titanic Survivor Dies
Henry Blank, chairman of the board of Henry Blank & Co.,...
- Death of Henry Blank
Henry Blank of 138 Ridgewood Avenue died last Thursday at...
- HENRY BLANK DECLARES CURIOSITY SAVED HIM
It was the desire of Henry Blank, a jeweler of this city,...
- Henry Blank Titanic Survivor Dies
It was the desire of Henry Blank, a jeweler of this city, who lives in Glen Ridge, to find out what caused the shock to the Titanic when she struck the iceberg Sunday night that gave him a chance in one of the boats that saved his life.
Who was Henry Blank? Henry Blank was an American jeweller and Titanic survivor who played a significant role in the early days of the American jewellery industry.
- Biography
- Voyage
- Titanic Disaster
- Later Life
In Newark, he began working for a jewellery manufacturer, and the owners of the firm recognized Henry's own artistic and mechanical abilities. They eventually apprenticed him at the bench where Henry would become a goldsmith and subsequently, a platinumsmith, all before he was 21-years-old. In 1895, Henry Blank married Phoebe Eve Miller in Newark, ...
On his return home, Henry made reservations in Paris to embark on the maiden voyage of the Titanic. A man known for his taste in anything new and the latest in design, it would have been unnatural for him to turn down the opportunity of sailing on the world's largest and most luxurious ocean liner. Henry boarded the Titanic at Cherbourgas a First C...
On the night of 14 April, Henry Blank retired to the First Class Smoking Roomwith Greenfield and Nourney. The trio began a card game, lit their cigars and began conversing. When the Titanic struck the iceberg at 11:40 P.M., Henry only remembered having felt "a slight jar." A loud voice called out to the men in the room, "Hey boys, we've just grazed...
Henry Blank returned to his firm, and prospered further in later years. He never liked to discuss the Titanic disaster, and his only relic from the disaster was a White Star Line playing card that he saved from his card game in the smoking room. The card is still preserved by his descendants today. In his later years, many rumours circulated that B...
Henry Blank, chairman of the board of Henry Blank & Co., manufacturing jewelers here, died today at his home, 138 Ridgewood Avenue, Glen Ridge, N. J., after a brief illness, at the age of 76. He was a survivor of the Titanic sinking.
Mr Henry Blank was an American, 39 year old, first class passenger travelling back to his home in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, after completing a business trip to Europe. He joined the ship in Cherbourg, France, was travelling alone, and occupied cabin A31.
In the spring of 1912, Henry Blank traveled to Europe to meet with watch movement manufacturers in Switzerland and stone dealers in Paris, Belgium and Amsterdam. On his return home, Henry made reservations in Paris to embark on the maiden voyage of the Titanic .
