Print, Photographic

Object number
P137
Title
Four Sailors on a Ship
Creator
Whitaker, H.W.
Date
circa 1888
Description
Black and white photo of 4 sailors on a ship. On back is a brief transcript of service of each man on the "Mohican."
Left to right:
David Ireland - sitting with arms folded
Gilbert Purdy - standing.
John Griffith- sitting with hand behind his head.
John King -sitting with pipe

Whittaker was the Assistant Surgeon on board the Mohican and took the picture at see in the Pacific. (Source: US Naval Institute, Vol. 47, No.215, Jan. 1921, "The Old Navy")
Materials
photographic paper
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Stanley D. Hart
Subjects
Mohican (ship)
Related People & Organizations
Ireland, David (associated)
Purdy, Gilbert (associated)
Griffith, John (associated)
King, John (associated)
Hart, Stanley D., Dr. (associated)