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Pa and Mate Taking the Sun
Document Type: Photo/Image
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ID Number: Montgomery_B4-D
Keywords: Life at Sea, Navigation, LB1990.49.39
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Description:
Every good day at sea includes taking a sun sight at noon, to find the vessel's latitude. With a good chronometer, one can also find one's longitude. Here Capt. Adelbert Montgomery and the First Mate "shooting the sun" or getting the sun's altitude using a sextant.
The photograph was taken by the captain's daughter, Ruth Montgomery" aboard the Portland owned bark Carrie Winslow in 1898.
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