treasure

Shell found in or about coral reef bottom is hard and of good quality, although subject to these borers. Shell along the east coast of York Peninsula is very like the Papuan coast shell but is much larger and heavier when fully grown. The deep-water shell of Darnley Island waters is really a reef shell. The best quality is found on what is known as the old ground, which covers the area over the western approach to Torres Strait. The sea-bed, affected by the waste from the coast and by discharge from rivers, appears to affect the quality of the mother-of-pearl shell. The beautiful colouring of the pearl shell is divided into two general classes: white or silver-lipped and gold or orange-lipped. The white-lipped shell is the natural shell without the gold-lip colouring. The latter colouring extends over the entire back of the shell, penetrating a more or less shallow distance into the nacre, and then right to the thin outer edge, hence "lip." Gold-lip shell is some pounds sterling per ton of less value commercially than silver-lipped. Source: anglicanhistory.org/aus/white1918/05.html

title should read "wireless" query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B0CEFDD1E3EE033A...

wow,Iook this pitcure make me a sleep. I hate about the old history....

Left: Herbert O. Benson, radio operator of the newly sunk Merida Right: C. Krauter radio operator of the Princess Anne This picture shows the radio operators from the Merida and the Princess Anne after the 319 passengers and crew of the Merida were rescued. The Merida sunk after colliding with the fruit steamer Admiral Farragut that was on the way back to Jamaica from New York. The Merida was said to be carrying 17 tons of silver bars and another $1 million worth of jewels and other coins. However, several attempts to recover the treasure since have recovered only a fraction of that. New York Times Coverage: New York Times - May 12, 1911 MERIDA PASSENGERS TELL OF HER LOSS; The Princess Anne Brings Crew and Travelers Saved from Sinking Ward Liner. New York Times - May 13, 1911 SUNK IN SEA CRASH; 319 PERSONS SAVED; Ward Liner Merida, Rammed by the Admiral Farragut, Goes Down Off Cape Charles. New York Times - May 14, 1911 EVERYTHING LOST ON MERIDA.; Ship and Passengers' Effects Worth $2,000,000, Says Company's Agent.

One of the first uses of SOS.

They look so healthy and well groomed , want to see some old movie

Photoreport Pietersberg, where during the war the art treasures of the Rijksmuseum were stored in a cave

fantastic shot

Too bad, that the descriptions are just unilingual =/

I'm a member of a research and study group and would love to use this photo in a report I'm going to be writing up on a visit we did.