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• libraryofcongress
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• lifeboat
• oceanliner
• usnavy
• boats
• steamship
• usn
• unitedstatesnavy
• sailors
• funnels
• nationallibraryofireland
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• 1910s
• cunardline
• boat
• lifeboatdrill
• steamer
• steam
• miamidigitalcollections
• hollandamericaline
• ireland
• u20

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• The Library of Congress 21 photos
• National Library of Ireland on The Commons 8 photos
• SMU Libraries Digital Collections 6 photos
• State Library of Queensland 5 photos
• Miami University Libraries - Digital Collections 5 photos
• U.S. National Archives 2 photos
• Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons 2 photos
• Cornell University Library 2 photos
• Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales 1 photo
• Florida Memory 1 photo
• Bibliothèque de Toulouse 1 photo
• Community Archives of Belleville & Hastings County 1 photo

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PHILADELPHIA (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• Art Siegel said:

  See

[Boat deck, Lusitania]

from SMU Libraries Digital Collections

• sambasupernova said:

  what a great series of pictures, excellent!!!!

Big sign on "neutral" Dutch ship [PRINCE WILLEM V AMSTERDAM" (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• 8 older comments, and then…
• Acoustic Bubble said:

  Why "neutral" ?

• aware health said:

  I'd guess the caption was done after the sinking of the Lusitania in May 1915, and the writer was trying to be ironic. If the caption was done years later, possibly the writer knew the fate of the ship: www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?153501

• Acoustic Bubble said:

  Interesting, thanks!

• Bram Meijer said:

  The Netherlands were not involved in WWI. But it gave shelter for many refugees.

• Art Siegel said:

  It does seem that a war of words was happening in February, 1915 (where the photo is in the Bain flow), so I think it's more likely that the caption was written then. From the Wikipedia article on HMS Lusitania: "1915 The official warning issued by the Imperial German Embassy about travelling on Lusitania. By early 1915 a new threat began to materialize: submarines. At first they were used by the Germans only to attack naval vessels, and they achieved only occasional – but sometimes spectacular – successes. Then the U-boats began to attack merchant vessels at times, although almost always in accordance with the old cruiser rules. Desperate to gain an advantage on the Atlantic, the German government decided to step up their submarine campaign. On 4 February 1915 Germany declared the seas around the British Isles a war zone: from 18 February allied ships in the area would be sunk without warning." This was not wholly unrestricted submarine warfare since efforts would be taken to avoid sinking neutral ships." It is definitely ironic that this very ship (under a French flag and named La Dives) was sunk by the Germans in January, 1918. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Lusitania#International_reaction