This is a collection of materials from the Photographic History Collection used and created by Bernice Palmer. As a teenage, she was on the Carpathia that rescued some of the Titanic survivors. Her camera is on view at the National Museum of American History, Washington, DC.

Included in this collection is a behind the scenes video that shows the newspaper in which her photographs were published.

For additional materials, search collections.si.edu.

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