File:Lusitania Sinking, the Greatest of Ocean Tragedies.jpg
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English: The Lusitania, which sailed from New York for Liverpool May 1, 1915 with 1,959 souls on board, was sunk by a German submarine on May 7, [1915] with a loss, including women and children, of 1,195.
The sinking of the Lusitania, that greatest of ocean tragedies, is here portrayed by a British artist from description and with the aid of survivors. The markings on the picture give the most important details. The moment chosen in when boats are pulling away with survivors. Services at the graveside of the Lusitania victims in the cemetery at Queenstown, Ireland, while on the other side of the ocean all America mourned in sympathy. |
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The war of the nations : portfolio in rotogravure etchings : compiled from the Mid-week pictorial. https://lccn.loc.gov/19013740 |
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Library of Congress, Washington, DC New York : New York Times, Co., 1919. |
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