Photograph of the Yacht YANKEE

black-and-white photograph

PHOTOGRAPHS
Dillon, R.A. (Dr.)
Oceania, Gilbert Islands, Phoenix Islands, Kanton
1940-03; 1940-04
paper
overall: 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 in.

Black and white photograph 2 3/4in x 2 3/4in. Reverse inscription: “408”; “R A Dillon” (stamp; blue ink). A photograph of YANKEE’s port side. Changing sail arrangement. A small “runabout” boat in the foreground with four people looking on. Date and location not provided, but inventory number (“408”) and context suggests somewhere near Canton Island, March/April, 1940.

2010.11.843