Some information about this ship - Edmund Fitzgerald on back of this card - The 729 ft. Edmund Gitzgerald, built in 1958, is the most famous of modern day Great Lakes shipwrecks. It broke apart and sank during a violent storm off Whitefish Point in Lake Superior on November 10, 1975. All 29 crewmen were lost. This photograph was taken in 1975 as the ship passed through St. Marys river.
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Card #2 from USA
Some information about this ship - Edmund Fitzgerald on back of this card - The 729 ft. Edmund Gitzgerald, built in 1958, is the most famous of modern day Great Lakes shipwrecks. It broke apart and sank during a violent storm off Whitefish Point in Lake Superior on November 10, 1975. All 29 crewmen were lost. This photograph was taken in 1975 as the ship passed through St. Marys river.
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