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The Titanic headed onto the high seas on her maiden voyage.

The Titanic sailed into a brilliant sunset on the evening of Sunday, April 14.

Bruce Ismay dined in the A la Carte Restaurant on Sunday night.

The Reception Room on the Titanic was positioned outside the first class Dining Room and proved to be very popular with the passengers. After dinner, passengers would gather and listen to the orchestra while sipping on coffee or an after dinner drink.

The Titanic glided to a stop after hitting the iceberg.

Water poured into Boiler Room number 6.

A passageway all the way forward on C deck in the first class cabin area. Water seeped into the hallway from cabins that were evacuated with portholes remaining open.

Mr. and Mrs. Norman Chambers peered down a stairway into the flooding mailroom.

The water crept around the foot of the Grand Staircase minutes before the Titanic's final plunge.

Lifeboat number 4 was one of the last lifeboats to leave the sinking liner. The group had trouble freeing themselves of the ropes and finally begin rowing along the side of the ship at the instructions of an officer, in search of an open gangway door that they would never find.

The mighty bow of the Titanic slipped beneath the surface while Collapsible D hung in the davits on the boat deck above taking on passengers.

A passenger watched the Titanic from a lifeboat just before the plunge.

As the water raced up the boat deck, Milton Long droped along the side of the ship while Jack Thayer prepared to jump from the railing above. To the right, Archibald Gracie and Clint Smith struggled near the officers' quarters.

The final moments of the Titanic. Soon after the scene depicted in this painting, the great ship broke apart between the two funnels shown, casting the Titanic into darkness.

Third Class Dining Saloon filled with water.

The last lifeboat was lowered from the port side of the Titanic as water poured over the forward railing of the Promenade Deck. This painting was featured on the cover of Titanic At Two as well as the February 1997 edition of the Titanic Commutator.

Third class passengers and crew raced up the boat deck to escape a wave that pounced upon the deck as the Titanic began to go down.

All eyes were glued on the Titanic. Many watched in horror from the water as hundreds still on board scrambled up the sloping deck. The forward smokestack broke from its mounting, triggering a shower of hot coal embers. This painting was featured on the back cover of the Titanic Commutator in February 1997.

After the ship broke apart, the stern floated for a short time. Soon, however it rolled over on its side before rearing up for its final plunge. Hundreds of passengers were now in the icy waters with the ship in her final throes looming in the background.

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