[Eastland disaster, Second Captain Frank A. Dority, sitting in a room]

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  • Collection ID DN-0064917
  • Creator Names Chicago Daily News, Inc., photographer.
  • Title [Eastland disaster, Second Captain Frank A. Dority, sitting in a room] [graphic].
  • Dates [ca. 1915 July 24]
  • Physical description 1 negative : b&w, glass ; 4 x 5 in.
  • Access and usage restrictions Restriction: Original negatives are fragile and not available to researchers. Please consult the on-line image instead.
  • Collection summary Image of Captain Frank A. Dority, sitting in a room in Chicago, Illinois amongst many other unidentified men. He has his left arm on the back of the chair of the man next to him. Dority was the Second Captain of the Eastland, a boat that overturned in the Chicago River, killing over 800 people. An African American man is standing at the front of the room.
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  • Names Dority, Frank A.
  • Subjects
    • Eastland disaster, Chicago, Ill., July 24, 1915
    • Ship captains Illinois Chicago 1910-1919. lctgm
    • Governmental investigations Illinois Chicago 1910-1919. lctgm
    • African Americans Illinois Chicago 1910-1919.
  • Geographic coverage Chicago (Ill.) 1910-1919.
  • Genre
    • Dry plate negatives. gmgpc
    • Gelatin dry plate negatives. aat
  • Geographic name United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.
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