Mount Pelee at Martinique
Mount Pelee at Martinique. The photographer is on board a passenger cruise ship off the north-west coast of the island looking east-by-south showing low clouds covering the peak of the volcano. The volcano erupted on 8 May 1902 and totally destroyed the town of St. Pierre with about 30,000 people being killed.
Object Details
| ID: | P93088 |
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| Type: | Sheet film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Marine Photo Service |
| Date made: | 1930-1939 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waterline Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 117 mm x 168 mm |