Victims of Lusitania sinking, after recovery from sea, are buried in Ireland in common grave – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Victims of Lusitania sinking, after recovery from sea, are buried in Ireland in common grave, preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Victims of Lusitania sinking, after recovery from sea, are buried in Ireland in common grave
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Coffins lined up beside a common grave in Ireland mark the aftermath of the Lusitania, the British passenger liner torpedoed by a German U-boat off the south coast of Ireland on May 7, 1915. Bodies recovered from the sea were brought ashore near Queenstown (now Cobh), where many of the dead were laid to rest in mass graves as the number of victims overwhelmed local arrangements. Over a thousand people died in the sinking, and the scene helped turn American public opinion against Germany's submarine campaign. The newspaper photographers who recorded such scenes were documenting a disaster whose toll shocked both sides of the Atlantic.
| Created / published | 1915 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1910-1920. |
| Notes | New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Lusitania (Steamship)--Disasters. Coffins--Ireland--1910-1920. Graves--Ireland--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,273 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-194644 |
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