Titanic: What's the Deal With Those Red Signs?
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Creator's Key Takeaways
These boards are made of timber with simple white lettering, and they said, "Notice. This vessel has triple screws. Keep clear of blades."
Recent research by Robert Reid has indicated that based on color photographs of ships from the White Star line and the Cunard line and others through the 1930s,4s and50s, these boards seem to have actually been painted black.
Given the sheer number of color photos that have turned up from the 30s and beyond that show those signs in place painted black with white lettering, it's kind of hard to imagine that Titanic would have strayed from the path and had red ones.
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