Arthur McKee, Jr., in a diving suit

Name/Title

Arthur McKee, Jr., in a diving suit

Entry/Object ID

1987.01.2989

Description

Postcard of a man in a diving suit. The postcard is signed, ‘Arthur McKee, Jr.’ The caption reads, ‘McKees Museum of Sunken Treasure, Treasure Harbor, Plantation Key, Florida.’ The description on the verso reads, ‘Deep Sea Diver Arthur McKee. Holding a 75-lb bar of coral incrusted silver bullion, one of three he recovered from the rotted hull of an ancient Spanish galleon wrecked on a reef “East of Key Largo”. One bar was purchased by the Smithsonian Institute at Washington, D.C. for $1,000. The remaining bars are on exhibit at McKee’s Museum of Sunken Treasure, 5 miles south of Tavernier, Florida, at Treasure Harbor, U. S. 1 on Plantation Key. Glass-in-bottom boat trips enable you to actually view deep sea divers at work at the wreck site of an ancient Spanish galleon. Also, the beautiful undersea marina gardens.’

Collection

Postcard Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Postcard

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Media

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

Condition

Good