--- title: Locket From Titanic Has Heartbreaking Love Story description: A locket rescued from the ruins of the Titanic has an epic love story behind it that rivals that of the fictional Jack and Rose. canonical: https://time.com/4738291/titanic-salvaged-locket-backstory/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-13T15:56:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:42:46.979Z og:title: Locket Salvaged From Titanic Has A Heartbreaking Love Story og:description: It gives Rose and Jack a run for their money og:url: https://time.com/4738291/titanic-salvaged-locket-backstory/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt24399bc9f3a7745c/6988993f428a9e7871cd32a1/160624_gal_biggestmovies_pg13.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2100 og:image:height: 1181 og:image:alt: 160624_GAL_BiggestMovies_PG13 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Locket Salvaged From Titanic Has A Heartbreaking Love Story twitter:description: It gives Rose and Jack a run for their money twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt24399bc9f3a7745c/6988993f428a9e7871cd32a1/160624_gal_biggestmovies_pg13.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Necklace From the Titanic Has a Real-Life Love Story More Epic Than Rose and Jack > Sponsored content. 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The 18-carat gold locket engraved with the initials “VC” belonged to one Virginia Estelle McDowell Clark and is a new addition to an ongoing exhibit in Las Vegas about the 1912 sinking of the luxury cruise ship; the locket and other items were added as part of a commemoration of the 105th anniversary of the tragedy. According to an interview with [_Today_](http://www.today.com/news/locket-salvaged-titanic-belonged-survivor-whose-husband-died-saving-her-t110318), curator and vice president of collectons for Premier Exhibitions Alexandra Klingelhofer said that Virginia was a first-class passenger on the ship, returning to the United States from a belated honeymoon in Europe with her husband Walter Miller Clark; the couple decided to cut their trip short so they could go home to Los Angeles in time to be with their 2-year-old son for his birthday. After the iceberg hit the ship, Walter helped his wife to a lifeboat, but didn’t board it himself. “When they got up to the boat deck, they were still separating men from women and children and he placed her in one of the lifeboats,” Klingelhofer said. “The boat was supposed to pick up additional passengers as it got lowered down each level but logistics prevented that from happening. So the boat ended up on the ocean surface with many other seats available. Had they known earlier, Walter could have gotten on to the boat with her, but he did not. He stayed with the other first class men and bravely went down with the ship.” The locket was discovered in 1994 at the Titanic’s wreckage site, along with some other personal items belonging to the Clarks. 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