Lost Photos of the Titanic and The Stories Behind Them

First-Class Lounging

First-class passengers were gifted with a reading and writing room. This is one of the many rooms that they were offered. Second and third-class patrons got nothing like this.

Trial Run

This is the Titanic doing a trial run off of the coast of Belfast, Northern Ireland. This was taken on April 2nd, 1912. The trials didn't get any more crazy than this.

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The More You Know

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.