45 Extremely Rare Historical Pictures That Will Completely And Totally Change Your Perspective On The Titanic

1.This is the last photograph ever taken of the Titanic:

2.And this is where that picture was taken looks like today:

3.This was the first class menu aboard the Titanic the day it sank:

4.And this was the third class menu the day the Titanic sank:

5.Okay, while we're at it, here's what a second class menu looked like:

6.This is what the great promenade deck of the Titanic looked like in 1912:

7.And here's what the deck looks like today:

8.Here's another view of the deck:

9.This is Charlotte and Marjorie Collyer, a mother and daughter who survived the wreck of the Titanic in 1912:

10.This is what the first class lounge on the Titanic looked like:

11.And here's what the first class dining room looked like:

12.And this is what the third-class dining room of the Titanic's sister ship, the Olympic, looked like:

13.And this, in all its 1912 glory, is what a first-class suite looked like on the ship:

14.This is what a second class room looked like:

15.And this is what a third class bedroom looked like:

16.The Titanic had a full gym on board, complete with a rowing machine. This is what it looked like:

17.There was also a pool in the middle deck of the ship:

18.While there are no pictures of the Titanic's grand staircase from before it sank, this is what the grand staircase on the Titanic's sister ship, the Olympic, looked like:

19.And this is what the grand staircase of the Titanic looked like as recent as 2001:

20.Here they are together, for easy comparison:

21.Upon the discovery of the wreck in 1985, an array of pristinely lined-up dishes were found neatly sitting together on the ocean floor.

22.Some of the dishes were actually recovered and put on display:

23.Some money was also recovered from the wreck:

24.Even part of the hull of the Titanic was salvaged from the wreckage in 1998. It's currently on display in Las Vegas:

25.Other remnants of the Titanic still remain on the ocean floor - including shoes that belonged to its victims:

26.This is what one of the deck chairs aboard the Titanic looked like. Collector Chris Lowe paid $30,000 for it:

27.This is the violin Wallace Hartley, bandleader on the Titanic, played as the ship sank:

28.And these are the members of the band that played on the Titanic as the ship was sinking:

29.This unassuming white dot is the iceberg that sunk the Titanic:

30.Here's a closer look:

31.This right here is what one of the Titanic's lifeboats looked like before the passengers were rescued:

32.And this is a picture of a lifeboat filled with Titanic survivors being rescued and brought aboard the Carpathia following the sinking of the ship:

33.And here are a handful of survivors on the Carpathia after being rescued:

34.Here's another shot of some lifeboats back in New York:

35.This is a photo of some of the Titanic's surviving crew members days after the ship sank:

36.The propellers on the back of the Titanic were absolutely gigantic:

37.Here's what one of those propellers looks like today:

38.Here's what the list of first-class passengers looked like:

39.Here's a lost property claim first-class passenger Molly Brown made after the ship sunk:

40.This is what the Titanic looked like while it was under construction:

41.And this is what one of the Titanic's smokestacks looked like before being put on the ship. Note the tiny little man in the corner:

42.This is how big the Titanic is compared to a modern day cruise ship:

43.This is an example of what one of the life vests worn by a Titanic survivor looked like:

44.This is a gold watch that belonged to a passenger on the Titanic. It stopped as the ship sank:

45.And, finally this is an unopened bottle of champagne recovered from the wreck site: