Wreck on the South Shore

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Description (Brief):

black and white stereograph mounted on buff colored cardstock; photograph by J. Freeman; printed on recto "J. Freeman / Nantucket"; handwritten on verso "Wreck on the South Shore / Gift of Est. of Dr. Wm. Sturgis Bigelow / 4 June 1927"; this is possibly an alternate view of the Bark W. F. MARSHALL; three masted ship keeling over in the surf at the shoreline, several lines attached to masts of ship to points on shore out of frame; people gathered on beach along shoreline at right

Date Made: mid-late 1800s

Associated Place: United States: Massachusetts, Nantucket Island, Nantucket

Subject: Sailing Ships

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2012.3033.0572Nonaccession Number: 2012.3033Catalog Number: 2012.3033.0572

Object Name: stereograph

Physical Description: paper (overall material)Measurements: overall: 3 1/2 in x 7 in; 8.89 cm x 17.78 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-4571-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1899692

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