The Complete Story of the Morro Castle Disaster told in pictures... from beginning to the end

pamphlet

EPHEMERA
USA, NJ, Asbury Park
1934
paper
overall: 22 5/16 x 7 3/8 in.

A fold-out pamphlet with a series of photos of the MORRO CASTLE before, during and after the disaster. On the back is a cross-section deck plan of the ship, showing how the fire spread. There is an addres space on the back of one segment, suggesting you could use it as a postcard or mail the whole thing. The pamphlet is copyrighted 1934 by Lorenzo Harris. Strangely, the first photograph purports to be from Miami, Florida on September 6, 1934, "her last port call," but the MORRO CASTLE did not stop in Miami on that trip or most trips, traveling directly between New York and Havana. After the disaster, a newspaper in Miami ran an article noting that the ship had once visited Miami, in April 1934.


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