Depicts a large crowd of people gathered near the beached SS Morro Castle on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean in Asbury Park, New Jersey. People inspect the right flank of the burned and abandoned ship facing the land., The SS Morro Castle was a cruise ship built in 1929 for the New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Company, also known as the Ward Line, to operate between New York City and Havana, Cuba. On September 8, 1934, the ship caught fire on its way to New York and beached at Asbury Park, New Jersey., Gift of Emily Riese., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator
Davis, Eugene H., photographer
Date
ca. 1935-1936
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Davis [P.9332.8]
Depicts the SS Morro Castle in the Atlantic Ocean near the piers of the Convention Hall in Asbury Park, New Jersey. A barge rides beside the once-luxurious cruise ship, possibly towing it away from the coast to be dismantled., The SS Morro Castle was a cruise ship built in 1929 for the New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Company, also known as the Ward Line, to operate between New York City and Havana, Cuba. On September 8, 1934, the ship caught fire on its way to New York and beached at Asbury Park, New Jersey., The Asbury Park Convention Hall was constructed ca. 1923 after designs by the New York architectural firm Warren and Wetmore., Gift of Emily Riese., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator
Davis, Eugene H., photographer
Date
ca. 1935-1936
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Davis [P.9332.9]
