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The Georges Valentine Wreck, c. 1908

Item

Title

The Georges Valentine Wreck, c. 1908

Subject

Description

Labeled: Elinora Fredrickson about 1908. Wreck of the George Valentine. In October 1904, the Italian barkentine Georges Valentine sailed from Pensacola bound for Buenos Aires. On 16 October 1904, after hitting a storm, the ship ran aground in shallow water and wrecked off Hutchinson Island near Gilbert's Bar.

Source

Scan gift of Sandra Thurlow, from the collections of the Tyndall family.

Rights

No Copyright - In the United States: The Martin County Library System believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. For more information, visit http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Format

Black and white copy print, 4.75x3.4 inches

Language

English

Type

Still image

Identifier

Thurlow-2026-009-FFB-tyndall-001
2026,009

Original Format

Photographic print

Tags

Citation

“The Georges Valentine Wreck, c. 1908,” Martin Digital History, accessed October 5, 2026, https://www.martindigitalhistory.org/items/show/19633.