These old Titanic photos show just how much has changed since April 1912

Saturday marks ship’s Remembrance Day

English Boy Scouts collect funds for families of the victims in this undated photo. (Bettmann, Getty Images)

Each year on April 15 marks another Titanic Remembrance Day, a time to reflect on the lives lost when the famed ship sank into the North Atlantic’s icy waters back in 1912.

The boat, once considered “unsinkable,” shocked the world when the news surfaced that it hit an iceberg.

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The day is intended to remember the victims and survivors of the unfortunate sinking -- and reflect on how the world responded to the historical disaster. More than 1,500 people died that night in April.

We thought we’d dig through the Getty Images archive, and pull up some old photos showing newspaper clippings, artist renderings and more.

So much has changed, which makes sense, considering 1912 was 111 years ago.

Here is a collection of photos, just below:

Survivors of the Titanic disaster near The Carpathia in a lifeboat. The arrow points to Joseph Bruce Ismay, chairman of the White Star Line. (Getty Images)
English Boy Scouts collect funds for families of the victims in this undated photo. (Getty Images)