The anniversary of the sinking of the great ship Titanic is approaching - on April 15, 1912, the largest liner at that time sank in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean during its first and last voyage from England to the United States. We offer you several historical photographs of those times.
1. A crowd awaits the surviving passengers of the Titanic on April 18, 1912. (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.)
2. Surviving passengers of the Titanic on board the lifeboat Carpathia: Mr. and Mrs. Garder and Miss Charles Hayes. (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.)
3. Rescued passengers of the Titanic on board the ship Carpathia. (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.)
4. The culprit of the death of the Titanic is the same iceberg. Photo taken from Carpathia. (Library of Congress)
5. "Carpathia" in the docks of New York. (Library of Congress)
6. Titanic radio operator Harold Bride, who survived the tragedy, is helped to board the ship. (Library of Congress)
7. Rescued victims of the Carpathia tragedy.
8. Photocopy of a written report by the captain of the Carpathia about how he responded to the Titanic's call for help. (Library of Congress)
9. “Carpathia” about lifeboats from the Titanic. (Library of Congress)
10. The pier in the city of Halifax, where the victims of the Titanic were brought. (Library of Congress)
11. The crowd waiting for the surviving passengers of the Titanic. (Bain News Service, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.)
12. Relatives are waiting for the lucky ones who managed to survive. (Bain News Service, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.)
13. The tug is preparing to meet the Carpathia. (Library of Congress)
14. The surviving passengers of the Titanic on board the Carpathia that saved them. (Bain News Service, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.)
15. Artistic representation of the Titanic tragedy. On September 1, 1985, an expedition led by the director of the Institute of Oceanology in Woods Hall, Massachusetts, Dr. Robert Ballard, discovered the Titanic's location at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean at a depth of 3,750 meters.
16. The surviving passengers of the Titanic approach the Carpathia on April 15, 1912. (The New York Times)
17. Passengers of the sunken Titanic are approaching the Carpathia in boats. (The New York Times)
18. The lifeboats in which the passengers of the Titanic escaped are lifted aboard the Carpathia. (The New York Times)
19. People in New York are waiting for the arrival of the surviving passengers from the Titanic. (The New York Times)
20. Reporters surrounded the passengers of the sunken Titanic upon arrival in New York. (The New York Times)
21. The surviving crew members of the sunken Titanic are given dry clothes. (The New York Times)
22. Image of lifeboats lowered from the sinking Titanic. The largest ship at that time sank in the Atlantic Ocean on April 15, 1912, colliding with an iceberg during its first and last voyage. (The New York Times)
23. People gathered to hear the latest news about the Titanic at the editorial office of The New York Sun newspaper. (The New York Times)
24. Presumably, the same iceberg that caused the death of the Titanic. (The New York Times)
25. People surrounded the offices of the White Star Line, which owned the Titanic, to hear last news. (The New York Times)
26. Funeral procession of John Jacob Astor IV, who died as a result of the Titanic tragedy in Manhattan. (The New York Times)
