| Catalog date |
08/28/2006 |
| Category |
8: Communication Artifact |
| Classification |
Groups
Lifeboats
Disasters
Shipwrecks |
| Collection |
Bowd Osborne photos |
| Date of photo |
1899 |
| Description |
B&W photo taken in 1899 of ten men and a rescue boat after the rescue of the Norseman - a steamer which went aground off of the Neck. The rescue boat is on a carriage and has a "trailer" which contains a breeches gun - which was used in the rescue of people from the Norseman. The photo is taken on Front St., in front of the "old Leslie" building. The boat is labelled "Humane Society" and according to a notation on the photo was 'built by Chamberlain'. All but one of the men in the photo are identified. |
| Field 01 |
Front |
| Home Location |
DX Box18X13 Alfa Shelf#4 |
| Object ID |
1961-002-03539 |
| Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
| People |
Perkins, Gus
Sweet, Huckle
Curtis, Sandy
Chamberlain, William H.
Giles, Capt.
Giles, John
Perkins, Ed
Millet, Jim
Snow, Crab
Phillips, Joe |
| Search Terms |
After the Rescue of the Norseman - 1899
Humane Society
Breech Gun |
| Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
| Subjects |
Group portraits
Lifeboats
Lifesaving |
| Title |
After the Rescue of the Norseman - 1899 |
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