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1.This is the last photo ever taken of the Titanic:
It sank three days later.
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2.This was the first-class menu aboard the Titanic the day it sank:
What are you going with? Has to be the Hodge Podge for me.
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3.And this was the third class menu the day the Titanic sank:
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4.This is what the main promenade deck of the Titanic looked like in 1912:
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5.And this is how the deck looks today:
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6.These are Charlotte and Marjorie Collyer, a mother and daughter who survived the 1912 Titanic wreck:
Charlotte’s husband and Marjorie’s father Harvey Collyer were killed in the wreck. Also lost in the tragedy was the family’s savings of £5,000 cash.
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7.This is the violin Wallace Hartley, bandleader on the Titanicplayed while the ship sank:
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8.And these are the members of the band who played on the Titanic while the ship was sinking:
They all went down with the ship.
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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 Titanic’s sister ship, the Olympic, looked like:
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11.And this is what a first-class suite looked like on the ship in all its 1912 glory:
It’s clearly a replica.
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12.The Titanic had a full onboard gym, complete with a rowing machine. This is how it looked:
Would have loved to pump iron with Mr. Astor.
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13.While there are no photos of Titanic’s grand staircase before it sank, the grand staircase on Titanic’s sister ship, the Olympic, looked like this:
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14.And this is what the Titanic’s grand staircase looked like in 2001:
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Here they are together, for easy comparison:
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15.When the wreck was discovered in 1985, a series of immaculately arranged shells were found neatly arranged on the ocean floor.
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16.Some dishes have actually been recovered and put on display:
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17.Some money was also recovered from the wreck:
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18.Even part of the Titanic’s hull was salvaged from the wreck in 1998. It is currently on display in Las Vegas:
It was a very big undertaking. You can read about it here.
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19.Other remnants of the Titanic still lie on the ocean floor – including shoes that belonged to the victims:
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20.This is what one of the sun loungers on board the Titanic looked like. Collector Chris Lowe paid $30,000 for it:
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21.This unassuming white dot is the iceberg that sank the Titanic:
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22.Here’s a closer look:
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23.Also phones:
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24.This right here is what one of the Titanic‘s lifeboats looked before the passengers were rescued:
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25.And this is a picture of a lifeboat full of Titanic survivors are rescued and brought on board Carpathia after the sinking of the ship:
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26.Here’s a closer look at some more survivors in a lifeboat:
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27.And here’s another photo of some lifeboats in New York:
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28.The propellers on the back of the Titanic were absolutely gigantic:
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29.This is what one of those propellers looks like today:
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30.This is what the Titanic looked like when it was under construction:
To see? It says “Titanic” and everything.
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31.And this is what one of the Titanic’s smokestacks looked like before it was put on the ship. Note the little man in the corner:
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32.This is how big the Titanic is compared to a modern cruise ship:
33.This is an example of what one of the life jackets worn by a Titanic survivor looked like:
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34.This is a gold watch that belonged to a passenger on the Titanic. It stopped when the ship sank:
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35.And finally, this is an unopened bottle of champagne recovered from the wreck site:
Do you drink the Titanic champagne? Let me know.