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Six Sailors, before 1890

Photograph
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
Group_of_men_ca_1890.jpg 2.1MB; Erik Peterson donation/Digital file on Jack Sheridan Drive 2021.72.02
Newspaper account of the drowning of Orrin Lawrence from the H.A. Root on October 2, 1890 Six Sailors, before 1890 picture number 3

2023.10.282

Digital scan

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

Winthers, Sally

2023.10

Found in Collection

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.

Digital data in CatalogIt

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.

10/31/2023

11/05/2023