Walter C. Van Horn and assumed crewmen from whaleship SUNBEAM in St. Helena

cabinet photograph

Cabinet photograph, albumen print mounted on dark green card with gold beveled edges; portrait of three men (two Black men and one white man), presumed to be crewmen from whaleship SUNBEAM; all men holding scrimshawed riding crops; handwritten label on back identifies location as St. Helena, and Walter C. Van Horn standing on left; Collected by Walter C. Van Horn while on board whaling bark SUNBEAM, 1886-1890.