Photograph - Photograph, Black and white, Allan Charles Quinn, The Petali, 26 September 1949

Historical information

This photograph is part of the Alan Charles Quinn collection of photographs and letters. Alan was sixteen years old when he went to sea and left behind a photographic autobiography.

Physical description

This photograph has been taken from the Brooklyn Docks and has a view of the Petali docked in port and downtown Manhattan in the background.

Inscriptions & markings

Blue/green ink, handwritten:
26.9.49
The corresponding page in the original photograph album reads:
"Downtown Manhattan from the Brooklyn Docks."

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