Images

A view of the RMS Empress of Ireland at sea which sank after a collision in May 1914. (Library and Archives Canada, PA-116389)

A view of the first-class dining saloon on RMS Empress of Ireland which sank after a collision in 1914. Photograph taken in 1906. (Royal Museums Greenwich Collection)

The Norwegian collier SS Storstad showing damage sustained in collision with RMS Empress of Ireland on 29 May 1914. The Storstad struck the Empress amidships cutting a 16-foot gash in her hull and sinking her in under fourteen minutes.

The First Class entrance on the lower promenade deck of the RMS Empress of Ireland. The stairs lead up to the music room and down to the dining saloon for First Class passengers. The Empress of Ireland sank in under fourteen minutes on 29...

Christ Raises the Daughter of Jairus, painting by Henry Thomson, 1810. Tate Britain Gallery, London.

Colorized image of the RMS Empress of Ireland. Original photo taken sometime between 1906 and 1914 when the ship sank in under fourteen minutes on the St. Lawrence River.

T-shirt from the shop ARRICVS Clothing.

Apollo candle is from the shop Altar of Aphrodite.

A replica of a legendary ship Halve Maen belonging to Dutch East India Company that sailed into what is now New York Harbor in September 1609. The ship was captained by Henry Hudson, an Englishman in the service of the Dutch Republic. This...

A painting from 1770 presenting the death of General Wolfe during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, also known as the Battle of Quebec. This battle was an important event during the Seven Years' War that laid the foundations of modern-day...