Henry Strauss speaking at memorial service, St. Lawrence, July 31, 1988

color photograph

PHOTOGRAPHS
Canada, Newfoundland (province), Saint Lawrence
1988-07-31
emulsion on photographic paper
overall: 6 x 4 in.

Photograph; color photograph of Henry Strauss speaking at the memorial service, St. Lawrence, July 31, 1988; Henry Strauss in decorated church, speaking behind podium; handwritten on back "My address and thanks 7/31/88 at the church/ in St. Lawrence"; from Henry Strauss transcript in Sound Archives: "At the reunion, they had the memorial service in the church and for some reason, I was picked to give the ... talk and thanks to the rescuers. That was weird. I remember that. I remember standing under the cross thinking, 'God this is a little unusual.'"


2004.81.178

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