**Survivors, on their way to the rescue ship**April 1912 · North Atlantic

What the record says

The photograph, the source, and the unknowns

Closer, and now they are people rather than a boat. The archive recorded not one of their names.

Archive caption: Titanic survivors on their way to the rescue ship
Creator: Bain News Service
Date: 1912-04
Credit: Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection
Rights: LoC rights advisory: 'No known restrictions on publication.' George Grantham Bain Collection. · Public Domain Mark 1.0
Source record: Open the institution or repository record

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Bain News Service. “Survivors, on their way to the rescue ship.” 1912-04. Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection. https://www.loc.gov/item/2014690331/. Viewed via Nostalgia Museum artifact 801, reviewed 22 August 2026. https://getnostalgia.ai/museum/artifact/JR5an0x4yGHmer_j/801

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