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Steamer Corona After Striking Bar, Humboldt Bay

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Stock #:742897
Type: Postcard
Era: Real Photo
City: Eureka
State: California (CA)
County: Humboldt
Publisher: J.A. Melsey
Postmark: 1907 Mar-27
Postmark City: San Francisco
Postmark State: CA
Stamp: 1c
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)
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March 1, 1907. Built in 1888 in Philadelphia, this passenger ship wrecked at the entrance to Humboldt Bay. One person died in the first boat lowered, the rest of the 154 people on board waited for rescue by the life-saving station and were saved.
From the Darlene Thorne Collection

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