Captain Smith Photograph (2)

To simply call these rare would be to do them a true disservice...

These represent some of the only known original candid photographs of Titanic's Captain, E.J. Smith in existence today. These photographs were taken in 1911 on board the White Star Line's S.S. Adriatic, shortly before Smith transferred to command the newly launched Olympic. These extraordinary pictures capture not only an odd voyage in which Adriatic sailed through a mid-ocean snow storm, but also show Captain Smith in the last year of his life - all smiles and with no idea that he would soon become one of the twentieth century's most recognized and tragic figures.