Lost Photos of the Titanic and The Stories Behind Them

Guglielmo Marconi

Guglielmo Marconi was a Nobel Prize winner and the inventor of the telegraph. He was offered a free trip on the Titanic due to his achievements, but he decided to hop on the Lusitania instead. His daughter later said in an interview that he chose the Lusitania because he had paperwork to do and he liked the telegraph operator on the Lusitania more.

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