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Title: American ship William P. Frye, first American vessel sunk by Germans.
Creator: Dobbin, Hamilton Henry, 1856-1930
Date Created and/or Issued: [ca. 1914]
Contributing Institution: California State Library
Collection: California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: V1p374b
In PHOTO ALBUM-VAULT: ** fc917.9461 A3, Vol. I, page 374 center.
This photograph is contained in one of two volumes by Dobbin titled "Album of San Francisco."
Text written on photo: "American ship Wm. P. Frye. First American vessel sunk by Germans." Text written underneath: "Ship Wm. P. Frye. This is the first American ship sailing under the flag of the United States sunk by a German Submarine." Photo shows the William P. Frye, actually not a ship but a four-masted bark, at sea.
Type: image
Format: Nonprojected graphic
Extent: 1 photoprint ; 4 1/4 x 6 1/2 in.
Identifier: (C)001381058CSL01-Aleph
(DRA)VVV-4317
Subject: Sailing ships
Vessels
Photographic prints

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