Allan Sekula. Collective Sisyphus
Untitled (Ships Archive, nr. 27)
VAIXELL ESPANYOL [el mercant de 5.000 tones Navemar] RETINGUT A NOVA YORK DESPRÉS QUE ELS PROPIETARIS [la Compañía Española de Navegación Marítima de América del Sur] DEMANESSIN A LA TRIPULACIÓ QUE EL PRENGUÉS, [segons consta al dors de la fotografia], fotografia en blanc i negre [de WIDE WORLD PHOTOS.], 17,8 x 23,1 cm. Data d'adquisició per Allan Sekula desconeguda.
On the backside of the photograph:
FROM WIDE WORLD PHOTOS: WATCH YOUR CREDIT LINE 99,100
SPANISH BOAT HELD IN NEW YORK AFTER OWNERS CHARGE CREW SEIZED HER.
NEW YORK CITY- The 5,000 ton freighter Navemar, shown in New York harbor today where she is being guarded by patrol boats pending the settlement of protests made by the owners. The spanish owners of the vessel, Compania Espanola de Navegacion Maritima of South America, charged in Brooklyn Federal Court that the crew took the ship from Buenos Aires when the captain was ashore. The crew of thirty-four is now operated by a "commitee" who it is believed is sympathetic to the Spanish loyalists
H-12/14/36
200510-940