RMS Lusitania bow and portside in harbor (Library of Congress)

Lusitania at the Liverpool dock (Mike Poirier collection)

First class menus dated April 6 and April 7, 1915 (Mike Poirier collection)

Album pages from the Lusitania’s last safe crossing, April 17-24, 1915 (Mike Poirier collection)

A brochure deck plan showing A and B deck to potential passengers. Lauriat’s cabin is the furthest forward, B-5 (Mike Poirier collection)

Lusitania’s first class promenade on B deck. Same deck as Lauriat’s cabin, B-5 (Mike Poirier collection)

William Thomas Turner, captain of the RMS Lusitania when it sank (Library of Congress)

Drawing shows the Lusitania as a second torpedo hits behind a gaping hole in the hull (Library of Congress)

B. amd Wm. Gardner, brothers rescued from the Lusitania, May 24, 1915 (Library of Congress)

Woman rescued, May 25 (Library of Congress)

American victims of the Lusitania (Library of Congress)

Early coverage of the tragedy from the Boston Globe—Saturday, May 8, 1915

Lauriat’s story, noted in the Boston Globe—Monday, June 28, 1915

The sinking of the Lusitania inspired recruitment efforts for the war (Library of Congress)

German submarine U-20 on the Danish coast, said to be the one that sank Lusitania (Library of Congress)