In Memory of Steamer Portland. Flowers are tossed into Boston Harbor from India Wharf, Boston, tonight (Nov. 27) in commemoration to 176 persons lost with the Steamer Portland 48 years ago today, when the Boston vessel foundered in a gale off Cape Cod. left to right: Edward Rowe Snow, Winthrope Junior High school teacher and Massachusetts Bay Historian; Mrs. Malcolm Nichols, and Mr. Nichols, former Boston Mayor.

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Title:
In Memory of Steamer Portland. Flowers are tossed into Boston Harbor from India Wharf, Boston, tonight (Nov. 27) in commemoration to 176 persons lost with the Steamer Portland 48 years ago today, when the Boston vessel foundered in a gale off Cape Cod. left to right: Edward Rowe Snow, Winthrope Junior High school teacher and Massachusetts Bay Historian; Mrs. Malcolm Nichols, and Mr. Nichols, former Boston Mayor.
Description:
[Information from item housing] Nichols, Mayor Malcolm E: Family (Incl. Wife)
Photographer:
Associated Press
Name on Item:
AP
Date:
[ca. November 1946]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:
Mayors
Nichols, Malcolm E. (Malcolm Edwin), 1896-1951
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 230 x 183 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/1z40pw537
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
All rights reserved.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title(s) from item.
Preferred Citation:
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue, Boston Public Library
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Boston University, College of Communication, 1977/1978.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Identifier:
22_10_000405_0007
Barcode:
39999088103450