The photograph, the source, and the unknowns
One man in this photograph is named and the rest are "under officers". The wall ends where it began: a group of people, most of them unrecorded, and a question still open.
- Archive caption
- Captain Rostron and the officers of the Carpathia
- Creator
- Bain News Service
- Date
- 1912
- 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. “Captain Rostron and the officers of the Carpathia.” 1912. Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection. https://www.loc.gov/item/2014690409/. Viewed via Nostalgia Museum artifact 813, reviewed 22 August 2026. https://getnostalgia.ai/museum/artifact/JR5an0x4yGHmer_j/813
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