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Boy from Hamburg

Date17 July 1935

Object numberANMS0542[025]

NameNewspaper clipping

MediumInk on paper

ClassificationsEphemera

Credit LineANMM Collection Nancy Jean Steele Bequest

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DescriptionNewspaper article recounting the encounter between Oskar Speck and the steamer GANGES in the Gulf of Kutch, India, reading in part: "One of the river pilots, Hugo Meyer, passed on the report by the Captain of the English steamer GANGES, who met Speck on his journey. The English steamer GANGES is making its way across the Gulf of Kachchh in India. Okha, the sheltering harbour, is nearby. The steamer is heading towards it, water all around, monotony. Suddenly, there is excitement on the bridge: a boat is floating up ahead. Just a small boat, like the ones Captain Robson is familiar with seeing on the River Elbe from his many arrivals in Hamburg. A man is sitting in the boat, vehemently waving his arms. He obviously wants something..."