<p>An original photograph of the gigantic iceberg that sunk the Titanic nearly 100 years back has been discovered.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The black and white snapshot was taken by a passenger on the RMS Carpathia, the ship that belatedly came to the rescue of 705 survivors of the tragedy of April 14, 1912.<br /><br />Also visible in the image is the hull of the lifeboat that saved the lucky survivors from lifeboats adrift in the frozen Atlantic.</p>.<p>The image was given to J John Pillsbury Snyder, a 24-year-old Minnesota man who was returning from a two-month honeymoon tour of Europe aboard the Titanic, with his new bride, Nelle.<br /><br />It was taken by Mabel Fenwick, another newlywed passenger on the Carpathia, who had struck up a friendship with the Snyders, the Daily Mail reported.<br /><br />The Snyders were among twenty five passengers heading for Minnesota but they were one of the few who experienced the luxury of Titanic's first class quarters.<br /><br />Snyder was the grandson of Minnesota's eighth governor, John Sargent Pillsbury.<br /><br />While the ship was still in London, Snyder had penned a letter to a cigar merchant whom he had visited on his trip, that is now going under the hammer.<br /><br />The photograph, letter and other items are being auctioned off as part of a 100-year anniversary sale.<br /><br />From his cabin he jotted down a 100 word thank-you note on the official stationery of the Titanic. <br />The letter is dated April 10 1912, five days before the ship sank, killing 1,523 of the Titanic's 2,228 passengers.<br /><br />The letter was posted on a stop in France or Ireland, before the ship embarked on its journey across the Atlantic, which is how it survived.<br /><br />In a previous auction, the letter and other items belonging to John Snyder were bought by an unknown private collector for USD 83,500.<br /><br />"Because of the 100th anniversary...anything written from the deck of the Titanic on Titanic stationery has extreme value," Bobby Livingston, of RR Auction said. </p>
<p>An original photograph of the gigantic iceberg that sunk the Titanic nearly 100 years back has been discovered.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The black and white snapshot was taken by a passenger on the RMS Carpathia, the ship that belatedly came to the rescue of 705 survivors of the tragedy of April 14, 1912.<br /><br />Also visible in the image is the hull of the lifeboat that saved the lucky survivors from lifeboats adrift in the frozen Atlantic.</p>.<p>The image was given to J John Pillsbury Snyder, a 24-year-old Minnesota man who was returning from a two-month honeymoon tour of Europe aboard the Titanic, with his new bride, Nelle.<br /><br />It was taken by Mabel Fenwick, another newlywed passenger on the Carpathia, who had struck up a friendship with the Snyders, the Daily Mail reported.<br /><br />The Snyders were among twenty five passengers heading for Minnesota but they were one of the few who experienced the luxury of Titanic's first class quarters.<br /><br />Snyder was the grandson of Minnesota's eighth governor, John Sargent Pillsbury.<br /><br />While the ship was still in London, Snyder had penned a letter to a cigar merchant whom he had visited on his trip, that is now going under the hammer.<br /><br />The photograph, letter and other items are being auctioned off as part of a 100-year anniversary sale.<br /><br />From his cabin he jotted down a 100 word thank-you note on the official stationery of the Titanic. <br />The letter is dated April 10 1912, five days before the ship sank, killing 1,523 of the Titanic's 2,228 passengers.<br /><br />The letter was posted on a stop in France or Ireland, before the ship embarked on its journey across the Atlantic, which is how it survived.<br /><br />In a previous auction, the letter and other items belonging to John Snyder were bought by an unknown private collector for USD 83,500.<br /><br />"Because of the 100th anniversary...anything written from the deck of the Titanic on Titanic stationery has extreme value," Bobby Livingston, of RR Auction said. </p>
