Disaster Collection (page 4)

P.A.S. Franklin, Titanic, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing. P.A.S. Franklin, Titanic, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
P.A.S. Franklin, Titanic, 1912. [At the time of the Titanic disaster on April 15, 1912, Philip Albright Small Franklin was in charge of the White Star Line office

P.A.S. Franklin, Titanic, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing. P.A.S. Franklin, Titanic, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
P.A.S. Franklin, Titanic, 1912. [At the time of the Titanic disaster on April 15, 1912, Philip Albright Small Franklin (2nd left)

Remains of the Whittington Club, after the fire, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Remains of the Whittington Club, after the fire, 1854. Aftermath of a London fire:..the Whittington Club House, formerly the Crown and Anchor Tavern, extending from Arundel-street to Milford-lane

Wrecks off the Katscha, 1854. Creator: Smyth
Wrecks off the Katscha, 1854. Crimean War, ships lost in bad weather....the most horrific gale ever known in that part of the world continued to rage throughout the length

Wrecks at Balaclava, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Wrecks at Balaclava, 1854. Crimean War: ships wrecked in bad weather....in 2 hours 11 transports have been wrecked and 6 dismasted, and rendered unfit for service

Wreck of an Egyptian Vessel of War between Constantinople and Varna, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Wreck of an Egyptian Vessel of War between Constantinople and Varna, 1854. Crimean War. The night of October 30th, the western coast of [the Black Sea] was visited by one of the most terrific

The late Captain Lewis Edward Nolan, 15th Hussars, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The late Captain Lewis Edward Nolan, 15th Hussars, 1854. British officer killed in the Charge of the Light Brigade during the Crimean War. Poor Lewis Nolan has gone to his rest

Wreck of "The Forerunner" African Mail-Steamer, at Point St. Lorenzo, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Wreck of "The Forerunner" African Mail-Steamer, at Point St. Lorenzo, 1854. Steamship...on its homeward passage to England from the west coast of Africa...having on board her Majesty's

"The Arctic" Steam-Ship, 1854. Creator: Unknown. "The Arctic" Steam-Ship, 1854. Creator: Unknown
"The Arctic" Steam-Ship, 1854. Two ships collide in poor visibility....the Arctic steam-ship, on her passage from Liverpool to New York, while running in a very thick fog

The Great Fires, at Newcastle and Gateshead - sketched from the High-Level Bridge, 1854. Creator: Edmund Evans
The Great Fires, at Newcastle and Gateshead - sketched from the High-Level Bridge, 1854. Massive explosion after a warehouse fire

Remains at Gateshead - Site of the Explosion, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Remains at Gateshead - Site of the Explosion, 1854. View of...the Ruins of the Bonded Warehouses...with St. Mary's Church in the background

L'incendie de l'Opéra, vu des jardins du Palais-Royal, le 8 juin 1781, c1781. Creator: Hubert Robert
L'incendie de l'Opera, vu des jardins du Palais-Royal, le 8 juin 1781, c1781

Le Petit-Pont, après l'incendie de 1718, 1718. Creator: Jean-Baptiste Oudry
Le Petit-Pont, apres l'incendie de 1718, 1718

Conflagration at Varna: French Line-of-Battle ship "Bayard" - H.M. Frigate "Leander", 1854. Crimean War: fire in a Bulgarian Black Sea port

Fire at Cubitt's Building Works, Thames Bank, 1854. Creator: Smyth
Fire at Cubitt's Building Works, Thames Bank, [London] 1854. The [building] had been erected regardless of expense, so as to make the factory throughout substantial, and, if possible, fire-proof

Remains of the National School at Capel, near Ipswich, struck by lightning, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Remains of the National School at Capel, near Ipswich, struck by lightning, 1854....Capel St. Mary...was visited with a terrific storm

Roofs of the Opera-Comique, after the fire of May 15, 1887, place Boieldieu, 2nd arrondiss... 1887
Roofs of the Opera-Comique, after the fire of May 15, 1887, place Boieldieu, 2nd arrondissement, 1887

Foyer of the Opera-Comique, after the fire of May 15, 1887. Creator: Henri-Martin Vos
Foyer of the Opera-Comique, after the fire of May 15, 1887

An artist's dressing room at the Opera-Comique, after the fire of May 15, 1887. Creator: Henri-Martin Vos
An artist's dressing room at the Opera-Comique, after the fire of May 15, 1887

Catastrophe at a Ship-Launch, at Hull, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Catastrophe at a Ship-Launch, at Hull, 1854. Messrs. Earle, the eminent iron ship builders...had arranged to launch from their yard...a very fine iron barque, named the Dowthorpe

Fire at the Hotel-Dieu in 1772, c1772. Creator: Nicolas Raguenet
Fire at the Hotel-Dieu in 1772, c1772

The Petit-Pont, after the fire of 1718, between 1701 and 1800. Creator: Jean-Baptiste Oudry
The Petit-Pont, after the fire of 1718, between 1701 and 1800

Medal Presented By President To Captain A. Rostron, Rescuer of Survivors of Titanic, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Medals, Decorations, Etc. - Medal Presented By President To Captain A. Rostron, Rescuer of Survivors of Titanic, 1912. [Maquette of Congressional Gold Medal awarded to British merchant seaman Arthur

Medal Presented By President To Captain A. Rostron, Rescuer of Survivors of Titanic, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Medals, Decorations, Etc. - Medal Presented By President To Captain A. Rostron, Rescuer of Survivors of Titanic, 1912. [Maquette of Congressional Gold Medal awarded to British merchant seaman Arthur

"The Nile" Screw Steam-Ship, wrecked off Godrevy Point, 1854. Creator: Unknown
"The Nile" Screw Steam-Ship, wrecked off Godrevy Point [in Cornwall], 1854. Vessel of the British and Irish Steam Company....in a tempestuous sea and thick weather

The fire at Hotel Dieu, in 1772, c1772. Creator: Jean Baptiste Francois Genillion
The fire at Hotel Dieu, in 1772, c1772

Saint-Germain fair during the fire (night of March 16 to 17, 1762), 1762. Creator: Pierre-Antoine Demachy
Saint-Germain fair during the fire (night of March 16 to 17, 1762), 1762

Woman in pea picker's camp, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Woman in pea picker's camp. California. "I seen our corn dry up and blow over the fence back there in Oklahoma"

West Texas "family farm", on edge of the Dust Bowl, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
West Texas "family farm." On edge of the Dust Bowl

Drought refugee families from Oklahoma on road to Roswell, New Mexico, near Lordsburg, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought refugee families from Oklahoma on road to Roswell, New Mexico, to chop cotton. Near Lordsburg, New Mexico

Drought refugees - penniless Oklahomans camped along highway, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought refugees. Penniless Oklahomans camped along highway. Came seven months ago. "Can't make it. Want to go back. Ate up our car. Ate up our tent. Living like hogs." California

Tenant farmer near Thomaston, Georgia, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tenant farmer near Thomaston, Georgia, speaking of the drought: "The crop is nigh to nothin as I ever see"

Oklahoma farm family on highway between Blythe and Indio - self-resettlement in California, 1936
Example of self-resettlement in California. Oklahoma farm family on highway between Blythe and Indio

Oklahoma farm family on highway between Blythe and Indio - self-resettlement in California, 1936
Example of self-resettlement in California. Oklahoma farm family on highway between Blythe and Indio. Forced by the drought of 1936 to abandon their farm

Dust bowl refugee in California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Dust bowl refugee in California. "We was starved out and we live on perhaps. We could maybe find a little work if we could afford to roll"

Wreck of the Barque "Edmund", on the Duggerna Rocks, Bay of Kilkee, County of Clare, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Wreck of the Barque "Edmund", on the Duggerna Rocks, Bay of Kilkee, County of Clare, [Ireland], 1850. The wind blowing a hard gale W.N.W

The town of Mills, New Mexico, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The town of Mills, New Mexico. The grain elevator in background at right has been long ago abandoned. The bank is closed

Shipwreck, n.d. Creator: Cornelis de Wael
Shipwreck, n.d

Overflow of the Thames on Tuesday - Lambeth-Stairs, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Overflow of the Thames on Tuesday - Lambeth-Stairs, [London], 1850....the tide rose so extraordinarily high, as to overflow the banks of the river

Explosion of the Laboratory, at Rendsburg, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Explosion of the Laboratory, at Rendsburg, [Schleswig-Holstein, Germany], 1850. Explosion...in the laboratory, in which the ammunition, shells, shrapnels, &c

Migratory labor housing during carrot harvest, near Holtville, Imperial Valley, California, 1939
Near Holtville, Imperial Valley, California. Migratory labor housing during carrot harvest. This field owned by proprietor of adjoining grocery store who allows workers to camp here rent-free

Explosion of a Steam-Boiler in Hague-Street, New York, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Explosion of a Steam-Boiler in Hague-Street, New York, 1850. Scene showing the...explosion of a boiler of a steam-engine in a machine shop

Oklahoma drought refugees stalled on highway near Lordsburg, New Mexico, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oklahoma drought refugees stalled on highway near Lordsburg, New Mexico

Drought refugees stopped at inspection station on the California-Arizona state line, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought refugees stopped at inspection station on the California-Arizona state line to have their baggage examined for plant pests 4

Refugees camped by the roadside beside an irrigated pea field, nine miles from Calipatria, CA, 1937
Forty families of drought and depression refugees camped by the roadside beside an irrigated pea field. A freeze which destroyed the pea crop threw practically every family in this camp on emergency

Drying up corn near Eutaw, Alabama, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drying up corn near Eutaw, Alabama

Corn, drought-stricken and eaten off by grasshoppers. Near Russelville, Arkansas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Corn, drought-stricken and eaten off by grasshoppers. Near Russelville, Arkansas

Remains of the Suspension-Bridge at Angers, after the Late Accident, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Remains of the Suspension-Bridge at Angers [in France], after the Late Accident, 1850....a squadron of Hussars...had crossed over the suspension-bridge of the Basse Maine without any accident

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