The photograph, the source, and the unknowns
Three photographs of the same two children, made the same day, because one of them might be the one that worked. Their mother Marcelle was in France and did not know they were on the ship.
- Archive caption
- "Louis and Lola", 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
- Source record
- Open the institution or repository record
This link carries its own context.
Bain News Service. “"Louis & Lola ?" — the third frame.” 1912-04. Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection. https://www.loc.gov/item/2014690337/. Viewed via Nostalgia Museum artifact 807, reviewed 22 August 2026. https://getnostalgia.ai/museum/artifact/JR5an0x4yGHmer_j/807
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