Portrait of unidentified survivor of Lake Michigan shipwreck

carte de visite

Carte de visite of an unidentified survivor of Lake Michigan shipwreck; vessel wrecked was a 4-masted schooner, JOHN H. RUTTER; crew was rescued from the rigging; back reads "John H. Rutter,/ Wrecked at Ludington with a cargo of 65,000/ bushels of grain, 40 men in the rigging, which/ after 10 hours of danger, and after several/ fruitless attempts, were finally rescued by U./ S. Tug, commanded by Captain F. Kendrick./ PHOTOGRAPHED BY/ S.C. MADSEN,/ At 9 o'clock on the morning of the disaster,/ November 1st, 1878."; view of the sailor seated with his hands on his knees, wearing a suit.