The photograph, the source, and the unknowns
Every person here is waiting to learn whether someone they love is aboard. The archive did not write down a single one of their names either.
- Archive caption
- The crowd waiting for the Carpathia
- 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
This link carries its own context.
Bain News Service. “Waiting for the Carpathia.” 1912-04. Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection. https://www.loc.gov/item/2014690330/. Viewed via Nostalgia Museum artifact 803, reviewed 22 August 2026. https://getnostalgia.ai/museum/artifact/JR5an0x4yGHmer_j/803
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