Photograph of the MORRO CASTLE at Asbury Park

photographic print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Action Photos Inc.
USA, NJ, Asbury Park
1934-09-09
paper
overall: 3 3/8 x 5 3/8 in.

A photograph of the MORRO CASTLE wreck, with people watching. It is labeled in white: "MORRO CASTLE aground at Asbury Park NJ/ Daybreak Sept. 9 1934. Action Photo Inc." It is a dramatic photograph compared to many others that were taken that day, with a focus on the still-smoking ship instead of the huge crowds of onlookers that quickly became the story later that day. The water is also still looking rough after the storm of the day before.

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