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The Titanic sits near the dock at Belfast, Northern Ireland soon before starting its maiden voyage. Circa April 1912.Wikimedia Commons
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The lifeboats sit in their davits on the Titanic soon before the ship set off. April 1912.© Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images
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The icy waters where the Titanic sinking occurred, as seen just days before the disaster. April 4, 1912.Hulton Archive/Getty Images
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The Titanic begins its sea trials at Belfast, Northern Ireland soon before setting off on its voyage. April 2, 1912.National Archives/Wikimedia Commons
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The reading and writing room on the first-class deck of the Titanic, as seen soon before the vessel took off. 1912.Wikimedia Commons
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Crowds line the docks as the Titanic prepares to take off on its voyage. Southampton, England. April 10, 1912.ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images
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The first-class lounge aboard the Titanic, as seen soon before the vessel took off. 1912.Universal Images Group/Getty Images
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The Titanic sits at the dock in Southampton, England soon before setting off. April 10, 1912.Wikimedia Commons
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The Titanic leaves port at Southampton, England to begin its voyage. April 10, 1912.Bettmann/Contributor/Getty Images
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Titanic passengers stroll past the ship’s onboard lifeboats soon before the ship went down. Circa April 10-14, 1912.Time Life Pictures/Mansell/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images
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A child plays on the playground located on the saloon deck of the Titanic three days before the ship went down. Circa April 10-11, 1912.Bettmann/Contributor/Getty Images
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The Café Parisien portion of the first-class restaurant aboard the Titanic, as seen soon before the vessel took off. 1912.Universal Images Group/Getty Images
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The man who took this photograph, Rev. F.M. Browne, got off at Queenstown. Both Smith and McElroy died in the Titanic sinking.Ralph White/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images
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The main dining room aboard the Titanic, as seen soon before the vessel took off. 1912.George Rinhart/Corbis via Getty Images
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The iceberg suspected of having sunk the Titanic, as photographed by the steward of a passing ship the morning after the Titanic sinking. The other ship had not yet received word about the Titanic sinking but the steward reportedly saw red paint smeared along the base of the iceberg, indicating that a ship had struck it within the last several hours. April 15, 1912.Wikimedia Commons
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An iceberg, possibly the one that sunk the Titanic, floats in the North Atlantic near the site where the ship went down. 1912.National Archives
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Two lifeboats carry Titanic survivors toward safety. April 15, 1912.National Archives
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Following the Titanic sinking, a lifeboat carries survivors to safety. April 15, 1912.National Archives
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A lifeboat, believed to be from the Titanic, is hoisted and drained of water. Date unspecified.National Archives
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A rescue boat full of survivors makes its way trough the water following the Titanic sinking. April 15, 1912.National Archives
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The last lifeboat launched from the Titanic makes its way through the water. April 15, 1912.National Archives/Wikimedia Commons
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A lifeboat full of Titanic survivors are picked up by the Carpathia. April 15, 1912.Universal Images Group/Getty Images
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Survivors of the Titanic sinking sit on the deck of the Carpathia, wrapped in blankets and clothes given to them by Carpathia passengers, soon after their rescue. April 15, 1912.George Rinhart/Corbis via Getty Images
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The “Titanic orphans,” French brothers Michel (left, age 4) and Edmond Navratil (right, age 2), who were left temporarily parent-less their father died on the ship. The brothers survived and made it to New York, where they stayed for a month before their mother, who was had stayed in France and not boarded the ship, finally recognized them from a newspaper photo and came to claim them. This photo was taken before they were identified. April 1912.Bain News Service/Library of Congress
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Survivors of the Titanic sinking sit aboard the Carpathia just after their rescue. Circa April 15-18, 1912.Library of Congress
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A newspaper boy sells copies of the Evening News telling of the Titanic sinking outside the off ice of the White Star Line (the company that launched the Titanic) in London a day after the ship went down. April 16, 1912.Topical Press Agency/Getty Images
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Crowds wait outside the White Star Line office in order to hear the latest news on the disaster. New York. Circa April 15-18, 1912.George Rinhart/Corbis via Getty Images
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A crowd awaits Titanic survivors in New York. Circa April 18, 1912.Bain News Service/Library of Congress
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The lifeboats of the Titanic that had carried survivors from the sinking ship hang from the side of the Carpathia, the ship that made the rescue, as it reaches the pier in New York. April 18, 1912.George Rinhart/Corbis via Getty Images
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The Navratil brothers, one seated with a toy boat similar to the Titanic, arrive in port (presumably New York) aboard a rescue ship. Circa April 18, 1912.George Rinhart/Corbis via Getty Images
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A crowd awaits the return of survivors of the Titanic sinking in Southampton, England. April 1912.Topical Press Agency/Getty Images
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Survivors of the Titanic sinking sit at Millbay Docks in Plymouth, England upon their return home. May 1912.Hulton Archive/Getty Images
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Survivors of the Titanic sinking are greeted by their relatives upon their safe return to Southampton, England. April 1912.Hulton Archive/Getty Images
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