[Photocopy of hand-written account by Captain of R.M.S. CARPATHIA describing his response to the distress signal of the TITANIC on 15 April 1912] – Vintage Photo Print
![[Photocopy of hand-written account by Captain of R.M.S. CARPATHIA describing his response to the distress signal of the TITANIC on 15 April 1912], [ca. 1912] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/8c/8c9665423888-L.webp)
(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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Step back in time with [Photocopy of hand-written account by Captain of R.M.S. CARPATHIA describing his response to the distress signal of the TITANIC on 15 April 1912], a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[Photocopy of hand-written account by Captain of R.M.S. CARPATHIA describing his response to the distress signal of the TITANIC on 15 April 1912]
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Few documents from the Titanic disaster come from someone who was there as it happened. This is a photocopy of a handwritten account by the captain of the RMS Carpathia, Arthur Rostron, who described how his ship answered the liner's distress signals in the early hours of 15 April 1912. The Carpathia steamed through ice-strewn water toward the sinking ship and reached the scene before dawn, taking aboard the survivors who had been left in lifeboats. Rostron's narrative captures the urgency of that night in a plain, first-hand voice, and it remains one of the most direct records of the rescue.
| Created / published | [ca. 1912] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1910-1920. |
| Subjects | Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Ships; Geogr.; Ships -- Disasters -- 1912 -- T-; Ships -- C-; Shelf. Date on item: April 12[?], 1912. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 939 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-172388 |
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