Original 1947 AP Wire Photo dated June 4 showing the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Kimball following a rescue on the Great Lakes. According to the caption, the cutter took aboard 21 survivors and recovered the body of a woman from the stricken ore freighter Emperor after the vessel struck a rock in Lake Superior. The caption is separate from the photograph, and both are mounted on the same piece of black archival paper. Measures approximately 8¾ x 7¾ inches. From the archive of a Pittsburgh-area newspaper.
