William Howard Case: S.S. Princess May shipwrecked off Sentinel Island, Alaska, 1910

William Howard Case's picture of the Canadian Pacific Railroad steamer C.P.R. Co. S.S. Princess May after she hit a reef off Sentinel Island, Alaska on August 5, 1910. After the tide ran out, the ship was stranded on the reef for nearly a month before being removed with tugboats. Picture taken on April 8, 1910.

From the Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection at the U.S. Library of Congress.
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