Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2007.54.037
Accession#:
2007.54
Credit Line:
Donated by Rita Thomas.
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
Place:
Sea Otter Creek, Lituya Bay
Year Range from:
1938
Year Range to:
1939
Description:
Black and white photo of a skull and boots with bones inside.
A partial human skull is displayed in front of a pair of boots with leg bones still inside. There is brush or grass in front of the skull and the background is dark. Written along the bottom of the photo: "The remains of Gus Swansons — Bones showing —"
Tony ("Land of the Ocean Mists: The Wild Ocean Coast Weest of Glacier Bay" by Francis E. Caldwell) went back circa 6 months after the wreck to salvage medical supplies from wreck of Howard Hayes. Gus Swanson must have died in the original wreck.
A partial human skull is displayed in front of a pair of boots with leg bones still inside. There is brush or grass in front of the skull and the background is dark. Written along the bottom of the photo: "The remains of Gus Swansons — Bones showing —"
Tony ("Land of the Ocean Mists: The Wild Ocean Coast Weest of Glacier Bay" by Francis E. Caldwell) went back circa 6 months after the wreck to salvage medical supplies from wreck of Howard Hayes. Gus Swanson must have died in the original wreck.
Notes:
Tony and Howard Hayes went back to the site of the wreck about six months later to salvage medical supplies from the wreck. Gus Swanson must have died in the original wreck.
People:
Thomas, Anthony
Swanson, Gus
Hayes, Howard
Swanson, Gus
Hayes, Howard
Search Terms:
Shipwreck
Transportation
Emergency Service
Disaster
Transportation
Emergency Service
Disaster
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