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Tice and Grant Rescuing Dawson from the Raft
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John Tice and Alexander Grant helping George W. Dawson from a floating piece of debris into a lifeboat after the sinking of the steamer Central America. The men have fashioned a distress flag from their clothing and tied it to a mast in the boat.
1857
Cullen, C. (Charles), 1836 or 1837-
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