Six Sailors, before 1890

Photograph

Saugatuck Douglas Historical Society

Group_of_men_ca_1890.jpg 2.1MB

Erik Peterson donation/Digital file on Jack Sheridan Drive 2021.72.02

Name/Title

Six Sailors, before 1890

Entry/Object ID

2023.10.282

Description

Portrait of three standing and three seated men. Two labels identify the men as: 1. Charles Greenaulgh [sic] 2. Capt. William Turnbull - Captain of G.P. Heath 3. Oscar Parks - captain on H.A. Root [and many other ships, obit below] 4. Theodore Elliott 5. Orrin Lawrence - mate on H.A. Root [drowned October 1890, obit below] 6. Stephen Newnham - first engineer on H.A. Root

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Digital scan

Subject Person or Organization

H.A. Root (ship) 1800, G.P. Heath (ship) 1871-1887, Turnbull, William 1845-1930, Parks, Oscar Edward 1849-1932, Elliott, Theodore, Lawrence, Orrin A. 1845-1890, Newnham, Stephen Lynne 1854-1945, Greenhalgh, Charles Rowland 1852-1926

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Acquisition

Accession

2023.10

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Notes

These photos were scanned by SDHS volunteers and were posted on the Photo Blog in the hopes that community members would contribute more information. "tu" in the filename indicates the photo was "touched up" by Jack Sheridan. This collection of images was loaned to the SDHC by Erik Peterson.

Location

* Untyped Location

Digital data in CatalogIt

General Notes

Note

These image(s) were copied from the SDHC photo blog [or the Jack Sheridan drive if that was a superior version] in preparation for updating the SDHC website in 2023.

Create Date

October 31, 2023

Update Date

November 5, 2023