photograph / Howth gun running, 1914

Howth gun running, 1914. Photograph, enlarged copy of original. Four members of crew shown on board the "Asgard" at sea. The yacht 'Asgard' has just taken the guns, and ammunition aboard - the tug has taken her in tow - some of the crew resting in the cockpit before completing the final storage. Most of the ammunition was stored under the floor of the cockpit. Negative. Four members of crew shown on board the "Asgard" at sea. Nos. (5) to (7) are covered in Mrs. Childers' Note (see file): "The yacht 'Asgard' has just taken the guns, and ammunition aboard - the tug has taken her in tow - some of the crew resting in the cockpit before completing the final storage. Most of the ammunition was stored under the floor of the cockpit." From Collection of eighteen negatives, and prints of sixteen of them, of photographs taken by Donor during the voyage of the yacht "Asgard" from Hamburg to Howth, 1914, in Hamburg and at Howth. Size of negatives and prints 3.25" by 2.25". Enlargements, 8.5" by 6.75", were made in the Museum of the items noted.;