Original first-generation matte-finish 10.75 x 13.75 lightweight photo of Titanic Emergency Lifeboat 2, the first to reach the Carpathia, being hoisted aboard the rescue vessel. The photograph, taken by Carpathia passenger Louis M. Ogden on the morning of April 15, shows a close perspective of the empty lifeboat suspended from ropes as several men ease it to the deck. In very good to fine condition, with some minor chipping along the edges. Ogden was a New York socialite aboard the RMS Carpathia during the Titanic disaster who helped to photograph, document, and assist the survivors. Among the thirty images he captured that day, this example was loaned by Ogden to Titanic survivor Archibald Gracie, a passenger on Lifeboat 12, who had the photo enlarged to use while writing his book The Truth About the Titanic, which was published posthumously in 1913.
