Frosty Ghost Ship--Sub-zero cold sent vapor rising from Portland Harbor today, fogging Casco Bay's Atlantic shipping. The vapor made this tanker, anchored off Fort Allen Park, look ghostly. There were unofficial thermometer readings of 40 below zero in Maine today. Portland's lowest was 16 below.

Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Frosty Ghost Ship--Sub-zero cold sent vapor rising from Portland Harbor today, fogging Casco Bay's Atlantic shipping. The vapor made this tanker, anchored off Fort Allen Park, look ghostly. There were unofficial thermometer readings of 40 below zero in Maine today. Portland's lowest was 16 below.

Associated Press · [ca. January 1957]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Weather: Cold: Wire Photos

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