Shipwreck perils of crew 29

In this photograph spectators watch as the steamer Munleon, which went on the rocks during a dense fog near Point Reyes, California, pounds itself to pieces.

Publication date: 1934-03-25

Size: 49 x 36.3 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: sepia

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Point Reyes Peninsula (Calif.)

Temporal: 1931-11-08

Subject(s):

• Munleon (Steamship)--Disasters--California--Point Reyes Peninsula--1930-1940
• Ship accidents--California--Point Reyes Peninsula--1930-1940
• Shipwrecks--California--Point Reyes Peninsula--1930-1940

Genre(s):

• News photographs
• 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 Sunday Tribune (March 25, 1934), Album of World Events, p. 4

Format(s):

• image/jpeg
• application/pdf

Contributor(s):

• Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.)