Second Class Passengers
Second class passenger space upgraded the luxury from the third-class spaces. Where third class furnishings in the public spaces were all metal, wood, and other easy to clean surfaces for hygiene purposes, second class had comfortable mahogany furnishing with padded fabrics, a library, and regular entertainment from the orchestra. After dinner, the men would saunter over to the second-class smoking room, with wood paneled walls and floored in linoleum, decorated in opulent Louis XVI style.
The cabins were more private. While third class cabins could bunk up to ten people, second class cabins had only two to four beds. Second class passengers had access to a barber shop, a promenade, a library, And the bed linens were changed every day. Two hundred and eighty-four people sailed in second class. One hundred and seventy-three second class passengers would die in the disaster.
