

Image 790 - Princess May on the Rocks, Wrecked Aug. 5 1910 Cenntenial Isl



The S. S. Princess May ran aground on some rocks at high tide on Sentinel (not Cenntenial) Island, Alaska. It was stuck there for a month until the next high tide, when it could be refloated. Numerous photographers travelled to Alaska to photograph it in the meantime. We do not know if Otto was one of them, because copies made from the same negative by other photographers are known. One is shown below.



Copy of Image 790 - Princess May Wrecked Aug 5 1910 Sentinel Isl



Otto also printed a copy in which every 'S' and 'N' in the caption (but not the signature) is backwards: