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Louis & Lola ?-- TITANIC survivors (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• 31 older comments, and then…
• Succinct Ship said:

  wow. that made me stop and think, and be a little sad

• Harry Angstrom said:

  "Titanic Waifs back in Maman's Arms"
  From NYTimes dated May 17, 1912. Their mother came over from France to be reunited with the boys.
  
  "Four-year-old Michel and two-year-old Edmond Navratil, the two waifs who were saved from the sinking Titanic and brought to this city under the temporary guardianship of Miss Margaret Hayes, of 304 West Eighty-third Street, another survivor, are waifs no longer. They have a mother now, just like other children of less romantic and adventurous infancy."

• Nathan Adams said:

  Here's bio of their father. Apparently, he'd taken the boys from their mother and was making his way to America. His body was recovered from the ocean:
  
  www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-biography/michel-na...

• The Library of Congress said:

  Interesting. This looks like a case where the title on the negative "Louis & Lola ? - Titanic survivors" is the best choice to reflect the temporary loss of their real names. Will add a note to provide that info and a bit of the circumstances. Same for the 2 related images:
  www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2163880148/
  www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2163883112/

• stallman.tara said:

  I find any information on Titantic passengers fascinating. It is such a tragic piece of history