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| Title | Passengers on shore beside wreck of steamer MARIPOSA, Fitz Hugh Sound, British Columbia, October 8, 1915 |
| Photographer | Thwaites, John E. (John Edward), 1863-1940 |
| Date | 1915 |
| Notes | Caption on image: S.S. Mariposa, Oct. 8, 1915
PH Coll 247.492 |
| Contextual Notes | Owned by the Alaska Steamship Company, the MARIPOSA sustained damage on a rock ledge at the upper end of Fitz Hugh Sound. She was refloated by the Esquimalt salvage steamer SALVOR, towed south and drydocked at the Seattle Construction and Drydock Co. on November 15. The passengers were rescued within two hours and landed at Ketchikan.
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| Subjects (LCTGM) | Mariposa (Ship); Lifeboats--British Columbia; Ship accidents--British Columbia; Rescues--British Columbia--Fitz Hugh Sound; Luggage; Fitz Hugh Sound (B.C.); Alaska Steamship Co.--People--British Columbia; Alaska Steamship Co.--Equipment & supplies--British Columbia |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Shipwreck victims--British Columbia--Fitz Hugh Sound |
| Location Depicted | Canada--British Columbia--Fitz Hugh Sound |
| Digital Collection | John E. Thwaites Photographs |
| Order Number | THW255 |
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Please cite the Order Number when ordering. |
| Negative Number | THWAITES 247.492 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | John E. Thwaites Photograph Collection. PH Coll 247
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| Object Type | Photograph |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x512 ppi. 2003. |
