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This is a newspaper article about more bodies being recovered from the Larchmont disaster.

An article that lists the nineteen survivors from the Larchmont and their cities of origin.

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.

This is a newspaper article of a woman accusing Captain McVey of pushing her out of the way to board a life boat.

Aerial view of Pensacola

A bar graph depicting the ratio of vessels, passengers, crew members, and lives lost across the United States of America from 1880-1910. Data from the United States Census Bureau's 1901 summary of the General Superintendent of Life-Saving Service's…

At the turn of the century, African Americans made up approximately 43% of Pensacola's workforce. This chart shows the distribution of jobs across the city's black workers. Professionals and merchants made up 4.65%, servicers and skilled laborers…

Floor plan for a Creole style house

A deed transferring ownership of a property from Louis Baley to Georgiana Goodloe (Ezra Gerry's mother) on 27 July 1898.

The 1898 city directory lists Ezra Gerry as a cabin boy living at 511 W. Wright Street. In this entry, the city directory spells Ezra's last name as "Gary" -a variation of the spelling of his name.