11195. (lot 3 mounted photos) Gloucester, Massachusetts, Life Saving Crew Rescuing Crew of Sloop Urad c.1905.
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11195. (lot 3 mounted photos) Gloucester, Massachusetts, Life Saving Crew Rescuing Crew of Sloop Urad c.1905.
11195. (lot 3 mounted photos) Gloucester, Massachusetts, Life Saving Crew Rescuing Crew of Sloop Urad c.1905. Rare lot of three large mounted photos were taken by photographer H.W. Spooner of Gloucester on January 7 & 8, 1905. Albumen images each measures 4 ½” x 6 ½” on 10” x 12” mount. Each is fully identified on the back by the photographer. The Annual Report for the Life-Saving Service from 1905 tells the story best: “At 11:50 pm news by telephone reached the Gloucester Life Saving station that a vessel was ashore on Pavilion Beach, 1 ½ miles NE of the station, with her crew calling for help. The life-saving crew at once launched the surfboat and went to her assistance. The vessel [the Norwegian sloop Urad bound for New York City] had stranded on the rocks while entering the harbor. The crew of four was taken off and landed safely on shore and cared for at an hotel, while the life-savers carried out her anchor and 100 fathoms of cable and hove her off the rocks, it being impossible to float her until high tide. On the following day she was floated by a tug, the life-saving crew assisting with their surfboat to run her lines.” The three views include: (1) the life-saving crew launching their surfboat from the beach; (2) local crowd assembled at Pavilion Beach watching the Urad as it is towed off the rocks; (3) the entire crew of the Urad including Captain O. Brude. Images are clean and clear, very light soiling to mounts. Rare Gloucester life-saving lot. (VG+). $225.