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Bark Catalpa, of New Bedford

Description: Image of the sailing ship Catalpa, pictured in the midst of the rescue of the escaped Fenians off the coast of Australia with a police boat and the British ship Georgette in pursuit.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: ©1876
Call number: priJLC_MAR_001406
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

The Catalpa the rescuers and the rescued

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Image of the ship Catalpa, pictured in the midst of the rescue of the escaped Fenians off the coast of Australia with several ships in pursuit; portraits of the escaped Fenian men and their rescuers (Michael Harrington, Thomas Darragh, James McNally Wilson, John Breslin, Denis Duggan, John King, Thomas Desmond, Thomas Brennan, Captain George Smith Anthony, Thomas Hassett, Martin J. Hogan, and Robert Cranston); portraits, Irish clover and Celtic harps frame central ship image.

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Rescue Brand

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Image of seamen rowing a boat named "Rescue" as a ship in flames sinks in the background; Stewart Fruit Co. blue pennant logo on flagpole of boat and life preserver at bottom of stylized image panel.

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View of the Stone Fleet which sailed from New Bedford Nov. 16th. 1861

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Image of a fleet of ships that made up the Stone Fleet that sailed from New Bedford, Massachusetts, on November 16, 1861 during the American Civil War; names of all pictured vessels along with their captains and tonnage captioned in bottom margin.

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View of the Stone Fleet which sailed from New Bedford Nov. 16th. 1861

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Image of a fleet of ships that made up the Stone Fleet that sailed from New Bedford, Massachusetts, on November 16, 1861, during the American Civil War; names of all pictured vessels along with their captains and tonnage captioned in bottom margin.

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Capture & Death of Sitting Bull

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Image of the attempted capture of Sitting Bull and the ensuing fight between police and Native American Sioux Indians in 1890; Sioux warriors and Indian Police on horseback face off with rifles; dead and dying men and horses on the ground; tipis at left and additional police forces with cannons at left in background.

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Joseph Ripka’s Mills. Manayunk 21st ward Philadelphia manufacturer of all descriptions of plain & fancy cottonades for men and boy's clothing warehouse 32 So. Front St

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Image of an eye-level view of the cotton textile factory and mill buildings of Joseph Ripka along the Schuylkill River bank in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; row boat with boater and two men in top hats pictured along riverbank in foreground.

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Bark Catalpa, of New Bedford

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