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NH 1177 Messina Earthquake, 28 December 1908

Photo #: NH 1177 Messina Earthquake, 28 December 1908
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Title: Messina Earthquake, 28 December 1908
Description: Refugees waiting for transportation at Messina, Sicily, where USS Culgoa and USS Yankton fed many hungry earthquake survivors. Photographed in January 1909. Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, 1928. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 1177
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