COLLECTION NAME:
Underwood & Underwood World War I press photographs
Record
Identifier:
C0502_B001_F033.jpg
Title:
Transport ship Medie sinking in the Mediterranean [partially sunk]
Creator:
Underwood & Underwood
Date:
1917-11-21
Description:
Attached: "S/M162916 F.C. COPYRIGHT UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD, N.Y. TORPEDOED MEDIE GOES DOWN IN TWO MINUTES. A remarkable photograph of the sinking of the transport Medie in the Mediterranean on Sept. 23rd. It shows the moment when the crew dived into the sea from their lost craft. When the torpedo hit the transport the munitions on board exploded causing her to go down in two minutes. The submarine that caused the loss of 250 lives on the transport slowly came to the surface after firing the torpedo and was itself sunk. 11/21/17."
Subject:
World War, 1914 - 1918
Subject:
Warships
Geographic Area:
Mediterranean Sea
Decade:
1910s
Type:
Still Image
Genre/Form:
war photography
Genre/Form:
black-and-white photographs
Format:
Photograph; black and white
Extent:
8 x 10 in.
Digital Publisher:
George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center.
Collection:
Underwood and Underwood World War I press photographs
Physical Location:
Box 1, Folder 33
Rights Statement:
Public Domain. There are no known restrictions.
General Note:
The description for these photographs is transcribed from paper descriptions that are attached to the photographs with adhesive. These paper descriptions are brittle and acidic. For presentation and accessibility purposes, the descriptions have been cropped out of the image.
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