Man demonstrating ship rescue apparatus, 1919. Creator: Bain News Service.

Man demonstrating ship rescue apparatus, 1919. Creator: Bain News Service.

3-011-273 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Man demonstrating ship rescue apparatus, 1919. Shows man with a breeches buoy, a rope-based device to rescue people from wrecked ships. Image related to the rescue of soldiers returning from World War I from the S.S. Northern Pacific, which ran aground off Fire Island, Long Island, New York on January 1, 1919. Cameras can be seen on the shore.


Image Details


People Information

Creator
  1. Bain News Service, attributed to: American: Publisher
People Related
  1. George Graham Bain: American: Photographer; press photographer

Medium
  1. Glass negatives
  2. Photograph

Picture Type
  1. Portrait
  2. Still image

Geographic Hierarchy

World North and Central America United States New York Long Island

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Category Hierarchy

Trade & Industry Shipping Industry

Artistic Representations Portraits


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4960x3335
File Size : 16,154kb


Aliases

  1. 2014710128
  1. 1010041428
  1. 2014710128
  1. 3-011-273
  1. 3011273

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