Gallery›Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library›Island Evacuees -- From babes-in-arms to the aged and infirm, hundreds of the families of Tangier and Smith Island watermen landed on the docks, here, seeking refuge from approaching Hurricane Esther, while their menfolk sough out safe mooring places for their boats in the small harbors and creeks of the mainland.
Island Evacuees -- From babes-in-arms to the aged and infirm, hundreds of the families of Tangier and Smith Island watermen landed on the docks, here, seeking refuge from approaching Hurricane Esther, while their menfolk sough out safe mooring places for their boats in the small harbors and creeks of the mainland.
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Island Evacuees -- From babes-in-arms to the aged and infirm, hundreds of the families of Tangier and Smith Island watermen landed on the docks, here, seeking refuge from approaching Hurricane Esther, while their menfolk sough out safe mooring places for their boats in the small harbors and creeks of the mainland.

Associated Press · [ca. September 1961]

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[Information from item housing] Weather: Hurricane: Esther, Sept. 1961: Wirephotos

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