Item 5729 - Wreck of the Bohemian, Cape Elizabeth, 1864
- Item 5729 - Wreck of the Bohemian, Cape Elizabeth, 1864
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- Item 5729
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Image Info This woodcut depicts the wreck of the Bohemian as seen the morning after off the coast of Cape Elizabeth, February 1864.
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The ship hit ledge -- Alden Rock -- off Cape Elizabeth. Forty-two people drowned; most were emigrating from Ireland.
The image was printed in Harper's Weekly on March 12, 1864.
