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English: Launching of the Steamship "Bellata," Seattle, April 17, 1918   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
Frank H. Nowell  (1864–1950)  wikidata:Q26202833
 
Frank H. Nowell
Alternative names
Frank Hamilton Nowell
Description American photographer
Date of birth/death 19 February 1864 Edit this at Wikidata 19 October 1950 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Portsmouth
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q26202833
Title
English: Launching of the Steamship "Bellata," Seattle, April 17, 1918
Description
English:

Patterson-McDonald Shipbuilding Co. was founded during World War I by Adam Patterson and Alex M. McDonald. According to the Seattle Daily Times, the company went into bankruptcy in 1920 due to protracted legal battle with the Government of Australia over the cancellation of part of a contract to build nine steamships. The shipping company was also idle during the Seattle General Strike from January 21 through April 14, 1919. This panoramic photograph shows the launching of the wooden steamship Bellata, one of the ships contracted by the Australian government, at the shipyard at 5971 E. Marginal Way. The Bellata is the third ship from the left of the frame, the other three are in various stages of completion and are unidentified in this image.

Handwritten on image: Launching of the Steamship "Bellata" by the Patterson-MacDonald Shipbuilding Co., Seattle, U. S. A., April 17th 1918. Caption information source: "Australia Ends Appeal," The Seattle Daily Times, October 6, 1924, p. 22; and "One More Steel Ship Plant Here," The Seattle Daily Times, April 18, 1919, p. 17.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Boat & ship industry--Washington (State)--Seattle; Launchings--Washington (State)--Seattle
The shortlived (and slow-moving) Bellata was renamed Xenia in late 1919 and was scrapped in 1922.
Depicted place
English: United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Date Taken on 17 April 1918
Medium
English: 1 photographic print: b&w
Dimensions height: 26.5 in (67.3 cm); width: 8 in (20.3 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,26.5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,8U218593
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
Museum of History and Industry
Accession number
12997
Source
English: Museum of History and Industry
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Public domain

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.

This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.
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MOHAI, 1982.34.1

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