<i>Titanic</i> Survivors Wearing Borrowed Clothes
date: label: date made
content: 1912
notes: label: Description
content: When the ocean liner <i>Carpathia</i> arrived at the spot in the North Atlantic ocean where <i>Titanic</i> sank, all the rescuers saw by the light of the moon was some wreckage and lifeboats with passengers. Many of the passengers had come up on deck in their nightclothes from their bunks aboard <i>Titanic</i>, and they were totally unprepared to climb directly into the lifeboats. The survivors were struck by the cold outdoor temperature, and they were suffering from exposure, extreme stress and shock by the time <i>Carpathia</i> arrived on the scene. The rescue ship was able to pick up 705 survivors, and as they boarded, they tossed their life vests into piles on the deck and were handed heavy, warm clothes by <i>Carpathia</i>'s sympathetic passengers.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Photography
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content: Transportation
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content: Titanic
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0173.24
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0173.24
label: accession number
content: 1986.0173
objectType: label: Object Name
content: photograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/2 in x 8 1/2 in; 16.51 cm x 21.59 cm