Picture No | 10215609 |
Date | 1912 |
Description | Reading and Writing Room on the Titanic |
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Photograph of the reading and writing room onboard the Titanic. Built by the shipyard Harland and Wolff for White Star Lines, the liner was almost identical to her sister ship, 'Olympic' and was a rival to Cunard's 'Lusitania' and 'Mauretania'. On her maiden voyage across the Atlantic, the Titanic struck an iceberg on 15th April 1912 and sank with the loss of 1503 lives.
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Source | The Sphere. 27 April 1912 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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