Tugboat PERTH AMBOY damaged by German submarine, off Chatham, MA, July 1918

real photo postcard, white border

POSTCARDS
2014 Lang Collection
Rodgers
USA, MA, Martha's Vineyard, Vineyard Haven; USA, MA, Chatham
1918
paper
3-1/4 x 5-3/8 in.

Real photo postcard, white border; handwritten on back "83", and "Tow Boat Perth Amboy. Shelled by a Germanic submarine off Cape Cod in the Summer of 1917 [sic.]."; addressed to Wilfred Valley, Fall River, MA, postmarked Vineyard Haven, MA, Jun 15, 1921; rubberstamped "HENRY M. ROCHESTER, / VINEYARD HAVEN, MASS."; tugboat PERTH AMBOY damaged by German submarine, off Chatham, MA, July 1918, later towed to Vineyard Haven, Martha's Vineyard, MA; probably photographed by Rodgers of Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard, MA; see related postcards 2014.49.9795-9804.

2014.49.9804