Beached

Hundreds of people gather on the New Jersey shore to watch the SS Morro Castle, a luxury cruise liner that caught fire, and wait for the flames to be fully extinguished.

Publication date: 1934-09-16

Size: 30 x 41.5 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Asbury Park (N.J.)

Temporal: 1934-09-08

Subject(s):

• Spectators--1930-1940
• Morro Castle (Steamship)
• Ocean liners--American--New Jersey--Ashbury Park--1930-1940
• Shipwrecks--New Jersey--Ashbury Park--1930-1940

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 Sunday Tribune (September 16, 1934), p. 7
• Chicago Sunday Tribune (September 16, 1934), p. 6

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Contributor(s):

• Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.)