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1900 Pensacola City Directory

Aerial map of Pensacola.

An article discussing the controversy surrounding Captain McVey being one of the first to leave the Larchmont after the wreck.

A picture showing the integration of sailing vessels during the late 1800s. This shows that all skin colors could work on a boat as long they could do the work required.

Ezra Gerry on list of missing after the Larchmont Shipwreck

McVay defends himself against accusations of his fault in the Larchmont disaster. He further argues that he tried to help the crew by getting on a life boat and circling around the Larchmont for survivors.

This is a newspaper article that is a list of Larchmont victims with Ezra Gerry's name on it.

This is a newspaper article describing more frozen bodies washing ashore. It also describes pieces of the Larchmont washing up 70 miles away from the wreck site.

Graph of male and female data in the occupation of steward and waiter between the years of 1880 and 1910. Information gathered from the US Census Decennial Data.

This is a newspaper article about Larchmont victims bodies washing ashore.