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Passengers on shore from wreck of steamer MARIPOSA, Fitzhugh Sound, British Columbia, October 1915
Passengers on shore from wreck of steamer MARIPOSA, Fitzhugh Sound, British Columbia, October 1915
TitlePassengers on shore from wreck of steamer MARIPOSA, Fitzhugh Sound, British Columbia, October 1915
PhotographerThwaites, John E. (John Edward), 1863-1940
Date1915
NotesPH Coll 247.498
Contextual NotesOwned by the Alaska Steamship Company, the MARIPOSA sustained damage on a rock ledge at the upper end of Fitzhugh 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.
Subjects (LCTGM)Ship accidents--British Columbia; Rescues--British Columbia; Luggage; Alask Steamship Co.--People--British Columbia
Subjects (LCSH)Shipwreck victims--British Columbia--Fitz Hugh Sound
Location DepictedCanada--British Columbia--Fitz Hugh Sound
Digital CollectionJohn E. Thwaites Photographs
Order NumberTHW258
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Negative NumberTHWAITES 247.498
RepositoryUniversity of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
Repository CollectionJohn E. Thwaites Photograph Collection. PH Coll 247
Object TypePhotograph
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned 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.
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