The locked in life savers

Dr. Fred D. Farr, a rescue physician, points to the hundreds of life preservers that were locked in the compartment of the SS Eastland when the ship capsized.

Publication date: 1915-07-27

Size: 21.3 x 17 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Chicago (Ill.)

Subject(s):

• Eastland (Ship)
• Ship accidents--Illinois--Chicago--1910-1920
• Life preservers--1910-1920
• Farr, Fred D.

Genre(s):

• Photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Daily Tribune (July 27, 1915), Section One, p. 7

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg