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library for second class passengers. Aft, there was a general room and smoke room for third class. The enquiry office and purser’s office were also on this level. D Deck had accommodations for all classes as well as crew and was the highest level in which second and third class cabins were located. The first class dining saloon was on this level.
    All the ship’s watertight bulkheads rose as high as the next deck, E Deck, which also included accommodations for all classes (this was the lowest level for any first class cabins). F Deck included more third class cabins than on any other level, along with a large third class dining saloon. G Deck was the lowest level where any passenger cabins were located. It was not continuous and had separate sections. There were third class and crew accommodations forward, along with the post office, a squash racket court, and storage areas. Other parts of the G Deck were taken up with the ship’s boilers.
    Below G Deck was the Orlop Deck, with sections for cargo holds, the mail room, and machinery. The Tank Top was the lowest level of all, and was like a basement, with its plating forming an inner skin along the bottom of the ship.

    The Titanic has been described as several small towns — one for each class. It boasted an amazing array of food service options, from separate dining rooms for each class to several additional restaurants for first class passengers. The meals, especially in first class, rivaled the dinners in a fine restaurant onshore. First class passengers ate on bone china, some edged in twenty-two karat gold.
    To reach the first class dining saloon, passengers could descend the grand staircase to a lovely reception room on D Deck, which served as a central meeting place and boasted tables as well as comfortable sofas and chairs. From this richly carpeted room, doors led into the dining room. This is where most first class passengers ate, since the cost of meals was included in their tickets.
    The menu in the first class dining room was designed to cater to passengers accustomed to fine dining: People could enjoy such delicacies as oysters, poached salmon, roast duckling, lamb with mint sauce, and sirloin steak, with éclairs, pastries, or apple meringue for dessert.

(Preceding image) First class passengers on White Star Line’s Olympic-class ships enjoyed luxurious dining experiences. (Following image) A first class dinner menu.

    While the grown-ups enjoyed the meals, ocean views, and accommodations, nine-year-old Frankie Goldsmith, traveling in third class, was happy just to have an exciting new playground to explore.
    Frankie’s family had been talking for months about going to America to join his aunt Eliza and her family, who lived near Detroit, Michigan. It had been a hard winter for Frankie and his parents. Frankie’s baby brother, Albert, had died of diphtheria just a few months before. Spring seemed the right time for a fresh start, and the young family made a fateful decision — they would leave their home and friends for a new life.
    Frankie’s father had saved diligently for the voyage. On the day the Titanic set sail, Frankie and his parents, along with a friend, Thomas Theobald, took the train to London. There they picked up Alfred Rush, a teenager whom they’d promised to escort safely to friends in Detroit.
    The traveling companions took the early boat train to Southampton with other second and third class passengers. Once on board the ship, a steward helped Frankie and his parents find their private third class cabin. Since most people traveled second and third class, these passengers were scheduled to arrive on board earlier to allow more time for families to find their cabins on D, E, F, or G deck; store their luggage; and settle crying babies.
    If Frankie Goldsmith’s cabin was not as fancy as one in first or second class, he certainly wouldn’t have noticed. Frankie was too busy running around with his new friends, a gang of seven or eight