TITANIC life boats on way to CARPATHIA (LOC)

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TITANIC life boats on way to CARPATHIA

[1912 April]

1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

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Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
Photo related to the disaster of the RMS TITANIC, which struck an iceberg in April 1912 and sank, killing more than 1,500 people. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008)
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Format: Glass negatives.

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.11212

Call Number: LC-B2- 2485-4

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bitrot says:

Wow! Another wonderful strand to Flickr's very diverse bow.
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

captainslack says:

Now THIS is a historic photo!
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

avinas says:

woooooooow this is something........ really classic and valuable
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

Σταύρος says:

amazing !
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

acwmaiden says:

Titanic launched and sank in 1912. I'd say it's a pretty safe bet this photo was taken April 15, 1912.
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

muffyskat says:

wow..this is really amazing!!
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

Shannon Dagher says:

WOW...I have been infatuated with the Titanic my entire life, and I have never seen these. Thank you SO much for posting! :)
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

The Library of Congress says:

acwmaiden: Thank you. We'll add the date information to the source data and reload the description.
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

varga.csalad says:

It is a sad story...
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Carpathia
"Her wireless operator, Harold Cottam had missed previous messages from RMS Titanic, being on the bridge at the time.[citation needed] He received messages from Cape Race stating that they had private traffic for Titanic. He thought he would be helpful and sent a message to the Titanic stating that Cape Race had traffic for them. In reply he received a distress signal. Cottam awakened Captain Arthur Henry Rostron who immediately set a course at maximum speed to Titanic's last known position, approximately 58 miles away. Rostron ordered the ship's heating and hot water to be cut off, so the engines could feed on every ounce of steam. At 4 o'clock in the morning Carpathia arrived at the scene after working her way through dangerous ice fields. Carpathia was able to save 705 people."
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

gon2stralia says:

This photograph has been published numerous times. Robert D Ballard, in "The Discovery of the Titanic" credits it to the Walter Lord Collection and captions it "Boat no 14, towing collapsible D, approaches the Carpathia".

Walter Lord's book, "A Night to Remember" publishes a wider angle view from the same shot, captioned "Fifth Officer Lowe has by now lowered the sail on No 14 and is rowing up to the Carpathia. He can be seen standing in the stern at the tiller. Behind him he tows Collapsible D, which he found wallowing in the sea an hour earlier." This is credited "by courtesy of Mrs Louis M Ogden".

Mrs Ogden was a passenger aboard Carpathia.
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

gavino•vz says:

What a peace of history.
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

ariel7515 says:

incredible O_O

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Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

gon2stralia says:

An addendum to my earlier post.

The earliest reference I can find to the photograph is that it was published in the Daily Sketch (a London newspaper) on Tuesday 30 April 1912. The byline is:

"A remarkable series of photographs taken from the deck of the Carpathia by Mr J W Barker, a passenger."
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

The Library of Congress says:

We'll add Mr. J. W. Barker as the photographer to the source catalog, with the caution of "possibly" until more information turns up. Thanks!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Meerim & Ortwin Oberhauser says:

wow ... amazing
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

TPorter2006 says:

I have seen this pic in several books, but to discover it here is amazing. The date taken should be April 16, 1912.
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

ritaraute says:

meaningful and yeah... amazing :)

Rita was here (Rita, Groupadmin at What I like in 2009
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

canadiantourism says:

What a treasure this is!

Canadian Tourism made a video documenting the Titanic's unique historical ties to Newfoundland . It's worth a look!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

nudecowboy says:

another interesting note is the lifeboats were tied up in New York for a short time then disappeared, no one know what happened to them. Perhaps they were assigned to other ships, or destroyed. There are several photos of them at the docks then nothing more.
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

immortalfriendstotheworld says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called soulful group, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

immortalfriendstotheworld says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called sad world, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

immortalfriendstotheworld says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called THE BEST PHOTOS OF THE WORLD, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Lú_ says:

This photograph is part of the Indicommons.org post April 15, 1912: The Titanic.

Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

floriegray.com is now at SmugMug [deleted] says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called PERSONAL BEST - Preserving Meaningful Moments, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

dneverinaldo says:

In loving memory of Millvian Dean she was age 97 may god bless you Millvain Dean
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

immortalfriendstotheworld says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called piece of heaven, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

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