Photograph of YANKEE Crew Enjoying Christmas Dinner

black-and-white photograph

PHOTOGRAPHS
Dillon, R.A. (Dr.)
Ecuador, Galápagos
1939-12-25
paper
overall: 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 in.

Black and white photograph 2 3/4in x 2 3/4in. Reverse inscription: “333”; “Xmas Dinner”; “Arthur is in his little teak seat attached to the end of the swinging table. Exy couldn’t see how he was going to eat from a table that swung past him, especially when no high chair would stand in a rolling ship’s cabin. Now Arthur swings with the table.”; “On equator in galapagos Islands.”; “R A Dillon” stamp in blue ink. Image shows Yankee’s galley and crew members sitting around a table eating Christmas dinner. A small, decorated Christmas tree is visible on the left. Arthur Irving holds a magazine or comic book in his hands with Electa and Irving on sitting on his left and right, respectively. Galapagos, December 1939.

2010.11.647