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File:Princess Sophia on Vanderbilt Reef 10-24-1918, looking NE.JPG

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Description Original caption: "
#52. "Princess Sophia" ten hours after striking Vanderbilt Reef.
" — from watermark
English: Princess Sophia on Vanderbilt Reef, 24 October 1918 at 11:00 am. This view is looking NE towards the coast of Alaska, which can be dimly seen on the right. The warning buoy (day mark only) at Vanderbilt Reef is clearly shown. This is photographer's image number 52. A life boat is being lowered over the side. This appeared to rescue ships initially to be an effort to evacuate the ship, however the boat was being lowered to inspect the damage to the hull of the stranded vessel. Rescue ships may have been as close to the vessel as this photograph appears to show, as one was reported to have tied off to the buoy show in the foreground of this image. The buoy shows presumably a black starboard buoy from the time before the modern lateral system (starboard: green) was introduced.
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Source State of Alaska digital archives ASL-P87-1702
Author E.P. Pond (Winter and Pond)
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Other versions Made into postcard, reprinted in numerous books and on many websites

Please do not tag with remove caption. The photographer (E.P. Pond) was a witness to the sinking, and these photographs became part of the court record in an attempt to determine the cause of the wreckage. The captions of the E.P. Pond photographs often give the precise time of the photograph, and since the ship was on the reef for 38 hours or so, the use of the captions important to understand the changing weather conditions. Because the captions are written directly on to the negatives (this was a common practice), removal would reduce the historical value of the image.

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