Photograph of the Yacht YANKEE Under Sail

black-and-white photograph

PHOTOGRAPHS
Dillon, R.A. (Dr.)
Oceania
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: “660”; “R A Dillon” (stamp; blue ink). Yankee under sail in calm seas. Image captured from land or from another boat. Several birds and patches of clouds break up an otherwise clear and bright sky. Date and location not provided, but context and inventory number (660) suggest South Seas near Phoenix Islands, Republic of Kiribati, late-March/early-April 1940.

2010.11.1005