Unveiling the Titanic: 35 Captivating Images that Fuel My Unwavering Fascination
1. This is the last photograph ever taken of the Titanic:
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It sunk three days later.
2. This was the first class menu aboard the Titanic the day it sank:
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What’re you going with? Gotta be the Hodge Podge for me.
3. And this was the third class menu the day the Titanic sank:
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Stewed figs for me.
4. This is what the great promenade deck of the Titanic looked like in 1912:
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5. And here’s what the deck looks like today:
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6. This is Charlotte and Marjorie Collyer, a mother and daughter who survived the wreck of the Titanic in 1912:
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Charlotte’s husband and Marjorie’s dad, Harvey Collyer, died in the wreck. Also lost in the tragedy was the family’s life savings of £5,000 cash.
7. This is the violin Wallace Hartley, bandleader on the Titanic, played as the ship sank:
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8. And these are the members of the band that played on the Titanic as the ship was sinking:
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They all went down with the ship.
9. This is what the first class lounge on the Titanic looked like:
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10. And this is what the third-class dining room of the Titanic’s sister ship, the Olympic, looked like:
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11. And this, in all its 1912 glory, is what a first-class suite looked like on the ship:
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It’s a replica, obviously.
12. The Titanic had a full gym on board, complete with a rowing machine. This is what it looked like:
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Would have loved to pump iron with Mr. Astor.
13. While there are no pictures of the Titanic’s grand staircase from before it sank, this is what the grand staircase on the Titanic’s sister ship, the Olympic, looked like:
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14. And this is what the grand staircase of the Titanic looked like as recent as 2001:
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15. Here they are together, for easy comparison:
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16. Upon the discovery of the wreck in 1985, an array of pristinely lined-up dishes were found neatly sitting together on the ocean floor.
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17. Some of the dishes were actually recovered and put on display:
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18. Some money was also recovered from the wreck:
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19. Even part of the hull of the Titanic was salvaged from the wreckage in 1998. It’s currently on display in Las Vegas:
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It was a whole big endeavor. You can read about it here.
20. Other remnants of the Titanic still remain on the ocean floor — including shoes that belonged to its victims:
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21. This is what one of the deck chairs aboard the Titanic looked like. Collector Chris Lowe paid $30,000 for it:
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22. This unassuming white dot is the iceberg that sunk the Titanic:
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23. Here’s a closer look:
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