Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Photograph - Photograph, Black and white, Allan Charles Quinn, Passing ship on Elbe River, 4 June 1950
... Passing ship on Elbe River...elbe river...Black and white photograph of the Elbe River in Germany... river mointain Black and white photograph of the Elbe River ...
This series of photographs captures life at sea and the conditions on the ship M/S "Mongabarra" Goteborg in 1950.This photograph is part of the Allan Quinn collection, which is a pictorial autobiography, and it represents one of many moments of his time abroad as a seafarer.Black and white photograph of the Elbe River in Germany. In the foreground is a lounge area with chairs and railing. Behind this are masts, rigging and rope near what appears to be a jetty with partial roofing. In the middle ground is the Elbe River running from the bottom right to middle left of the photograph. In the background is a passing ship and a mountain.germany, 1950, ship, deck, mast, chairs, mongabarra, allan quinn collection, allan quinn, tailing, elbe river, mointain