yesterdaysprint: The Des Moines Register, Iowa, July 13,…
Saturday, January 11th, 2020
The Des Moines Register, Iowa, July 13, 1930
Not positive, but I think that’s Joshua Slocum’s Spray. I mean, there were oodles of boats just like that, but I think I recognize that shot of her. I remember it being in the copy of Sailing Alone Around the World I read as a kid.
Let’s see…
Yup. They used that image of Spray as their reference for the illustration:
What did I do before I had the Internet? Oh, right. I read books.
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