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| Title | University of Washington crew team rowing near yacht Fantome, Seattle, 1954 |
| Photographer | Scaylea, Josef |
| Date | 1954 |
| Caption | The sailing yacht Fantome, owned by beer magnate Ernest Guinness, was stranded in Seattle in 1939 at the start of World War II. It was moored in Portage Bay for 14 years, detained after the war by King County officials hoping to collect back property taxes from Guinness. The boat was eventually converted to a tourist ship, and sank in 1998 near Honduras after being caught in Hurricane Mitch. |
| Notes | Handwritten on verso: 1954. Portage Bay, UW Varsity crews and the SS Fantome. 1954 - U of W. [Al?] Morgan cox, Roger Baird, Rob Johnson, Al Ulbrickson Jr.
Caption information source: HistoryLink.org. |
| Subjects | Racing shells--Washington (State)--Seattle; Rowers--Washington (State)--Seattle; Sports--Washington (State)--Seattle; Sailing ships--Washington (State)--Seattle; Students--Washington (State)--Seattle; Lakes & ponds--Washington (State)--Seattle; Universities & colleges--Washington (State)--Seattle; University of Washington |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Union, Lake (Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1993.20.289 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | Josef Scaylea Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Josef Scaylea Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 photographic print: b&w; 19 3/4 x 16 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original print as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
