Henry P. Bird, an apprentice from the Bank Line cargo vessel Inverbank (1924), standing on the beach at Fremantle, Western Australia.

Henry P. Bird, an apprentice from the Bank Line cargo vessel Inverbank (1924), standing on the beach at Fremantle, Western Australia. He is wearing an old working suit and a cap and is holding a stick in his left hand. The photographer is another apprentice using Bird's camera. The ship was in Fremantle to discharge a part cargo of nitrate from Chile. A vertical format negative. Slide 5 from the "Apprentice Boy", Captain Henry P. Bird's lecture about his life as an apprentice for Bank Line in the period 1937-1941. The lecture consists of 39 slides.

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ID:	PCT15753
Type:	Roll film negative
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Bird, Henry P.
Vessels:	Inverbank (1924)
Date made:	13 April 1938
People:	Bird, Henry P.
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Bird Collection
Measurements:	Image: 24 mm x 18 mm;Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm

Henry P. Bird, an apprentice from the Bank Line cargo vessel Inverbank (1924), standing on the beach at Fremantle, Western Australia.

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