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“Ship of Dreams”

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This photo was taken by a passenger of the Carpathia, the ship that

came to the rescue of the Titanic survivors. This is the last lifeboat

successfully launched from the Titanic.

Survivors aboard the Carpathia rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nirdow/titanic.htm

Remarkably, this Marconi telegram sent by Titanic survivor Philip Mock to his

brother in law Paul Schabert, notifying him that both he and Mrs. Schabert had

survived, has been preserved. Thanks to Randy Ritter of Derby for the image. http://derbyhistorical.org/Titanic.htm

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in Beacon Park in Lichfield Staffordshire, England.

http://www.geocities.com/capecanaveral/hangar/7574/interest.htm

1. What makes these artifacts primary documents?

2. In what way are the newspaper photographs primary documents? In what way are they

secondary documents?

3. What do you learn from the newspaper headlines in the newspapers that were published

directly after the tragedy?

4. What can we learn from them that we couldn’t learn from a secondary document?

5. Do the pictures remind you of anything else you have seen or heard about? Explain.

6. Which photograph strikes you most? What do you think about when you see the

photograph? What questions do you have?

7. Regarding the Titanic tragedy, what do you still wonder about?

Review the photographs and artifacts from Titanic and consider the following questions.