Caption
On July 27, 1862, the paddle steamer SS Golden Gate caught fire off Manzanillo Mexico while traveling from San Francisco to Panama. On board were 242 passengers, 95 crew members and a valuable cargo of around 1.4 million US dollars in gold, it is estimated that only about 100 people survived the disaster, authentic, digitally restored reproduction in high resolution from a 19th-century original, exact date of presentation unknown, American history, historical
Date
Aug 17, 2026
Credit line
Photo12/ImageBROKER/Sunny Celeste
Reference
BRK26I08_394
Model release
No
Property release
No
License type
Royalty free
Available size
43.7Mb (14.6Mb) / 16.3in x 10.4in / 4888 x 3124 (300dpi)