File:1916 Tacoma Prison Ship Success Marvin D Boland Collection G501103.jpg
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The exhibition prison ship "Success" docked in Tacoma.
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English: Ca. 1916. Around 1916, the exhibition prison ship "Success" from Melbourne, Australia, was docked at the Tacoma Municipal Dock Landing and open for tours. Between 1895 and 1942, the ship was seen by millions on three continents. She was also considered a bit of a hoax, since she was exhibited as a convict ship, when in fact she had been used not to transport convicts but as a floating prison. Built in 1840, she was sold to a London company in 1842 and was used to carry emigrants from England to Australia. After being abandoned by her crew in 1852 during the Australian gold rush, she was purchased by the Victorian government to serve as a floating prison. Ordered to be destroyed in 1885, the "Success" escaped this fate, and was purchased by Alexander Phillips who saw her potential as a money making floating museum. She toured Australia, the British Isles (1895-1912) and the U.S. (1912-1943.) After 106 years, she burned to the waterline on Lake Erie on July 4, 1946. (http://home.gci.net; www.nla.gov.au) Ships-071, TPL-1787 |
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| Depicted place | Tacoma | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date | circa August 1916 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | black and white photograph | |||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 8 in (20.3 cm); width: 10 in (25.4 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Northwest Room - Marvin D. Boland Collection |
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73\31555.jpg |
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| Source | http://cdm17061.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p17061coll21/id/27609 | |||||||||||||||||||
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The author died in 1950, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer. This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929. |
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| current | 06:27, 27 September 2019 | | 1,442 × 1,087 (171 KB) | Hedwig in Washington (talk | contribs) | == {{int:filedesc}} == {{Photograph |photographer = {{Creator:Marvin Dement Boland}} |title = |description = {{en|1=ca. 1916. Around 1916, the exhibition prison ship "Success" from Melbourne, Australia, was docked at the Tacoma Municipal Dock Landing and open for tours. Between 1895 and 1942, the ship was seen by millions on three continents. She was also considered a bit of a hoax, since she was exhibited as a convict ship, when in fact she had been used not to transport convicts but as... |
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