Eastland Disaster, girlīs body
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Eastland disaster, rescuers hoisting girl's corpse up to rescuers standing above on the steamer's hull
Chicago Daily News, Inc., photographer.
Created/Published
ca. 1915 July 24
Summary
Image of rescuers hoisting a girl's corpse up to other rescuers standing above them on the hull of the Eastland, an overturned steamer in the Chicago River in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois. A police officer appears to be holding his jacket in preparation to wrap the body in it.
Notes
Images related to this photonegative taken by a Chicago Daily News photographer were published in the newspaper between July 24-August 13, 1915.
Cite as: DN-0064959, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society.
Reproduction Number: DN-0064959
Digital ID: ichicdn n064959
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