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| Title | Buster Keaton with Captain 'Dynamite Johnny' O'Brien aboard the SS Buford, 1924 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | 1924 |
| Comments | Filming on board the SS Buford for the movie 'The Marines,' later renamed 'The Navigator' (Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society Note).
Captain John A. O'Brien served in sail from 1867 to 1883. Starting in 1888 he was the master of many steamers, mostly on the Alaska run. After 1919 he was a Puget Sound Pilot. He passed away in Seattle, age 80 (source of note: Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society, Images of America: Maritime Seattle).
Label printed on verso: l. to r. Film actor, Buster Keaton, and Captain 'Dynamite Johnny' O'Brien. Filmed aboard the SS Buford, for the movie 'The Mariner' (another source says name of film was 'The Navigator'). |
| Rig | Steam screw propeller |
| Use | Transport, military |
| People/Places | Keaton, Buster, 1895-1966
O'Brien, John A. |
| Subjects | Ship captains
Actors
Film stills
Motion picture production & direction
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| Digital Collection | Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society Photograph Collection |
| Negative Number | 1677-3 |
| Ordering Information | To order reproductions or inquire about permissions, contact: research@pugetmaritime.org or call the PSMHS Library at 206-812-5464 . Please cite the Negative Number. |
| Credit Line | Credit line required in all uses of this image: Courtesy of Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society |
| Repository | PSMHS Maritime Research Center, Seattle |
| Physical Description | 1 photographic print: b&w; 8 x 5 in. |
| Type | Image |
| Digital Reproduction Information | The photographic print was scanned as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 24-bit RGB color or 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 or 600 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
| PSMHS Category | Maritime People / Waterfront Characters |
