Photograph: Crossing the line ceremony,"once drowned"

Maker
Were, Phillippa (b.1948)
 Production date
30 May 1970
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Object detail

Description
Colour photograph of a crossing of the line ceremony, ' caption handwritten on verso "once drowned". Showing Captain Earl and passenger wet beside pool, crowd of passengers watching ceremony which takes place when a ship or vessel and commemorates a passenger's first crossing of the Equator.

Taken when Phillippa (Pip) Were was travelling on cruise ship SS NORTHERN STAR (1961), 30 May 1970.
Accession number
2019.67.42
Museum System ID
43845
Collection type
Archives
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Phillippa Were
Classification
Colour print
Maker and role
Were, Phillippa (b.1948): Photographer
Media/Materials
Colour Print: 0 - Whole
Measurement details
2D objects (HxW): H 90 W 123mm: 0 - Whole
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Not on display
Record level
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