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NH 42132 Hurricane at Apia, Samoa, 15-16 March 1889

Photo #: NH 42132 Hurricane at Apia, Samoa, 15-16 March 1889
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Title: Hurricane at Apia, Samoa, 15-16 March 1889
Description: India Ink copy of Photograph of H.I.M. Adler, bow view on reef. Bridge over River Mulvai Artwork by Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly, contained in his personal journal of the Apia Hurricane. It shows German gunboat Adler as she lay on the western side of Apia Harbor after the storm, with the Mulivai River bridge in the left background. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Donation of Miss Elsie S. Kimberly, January 1958. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 42132
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