**The crowd, waiting**April 1912 · New York

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Archive caption: Crowd awaiting the Titanic survivors
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
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Bain News Service. “The crowd, waiting.” 1912-04. Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection. https://www.loc.gov/item/2014690329/. Viewed via Nostalgia Museum artifact 804, reviewed 22 August 2026. https://getnostalgia.ai/museum/artifact/JR5an0x4yGHmer_j/804

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