Steamship Princess Irene

Steamship Used to Carry James Smithson's Remains to the US

AUTHOR:
Bell, Mabel
SUBJECT:
Bell, Alexander Graham 1847-1922
Smithson, James 1765-1829
Bell, Mabel
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:
Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Other; Medium: Photographic print
TYPE:
Photographic print
Other
PLACE:
Genoa (Italy)
DATE:
1904
CATEGORY:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
SUMMARY:
The steamship Princess Irene in the harbour at Genoa, Italy in January 1904. The ship sailed for New York on January 7, 1904 carrying Smithsonian Regent Alexander Graham Bell and his wife Mabel and James Smithson's remains. Notified that the cemetery, where Smithson was buried, near Genoa, Italy was to be destroyed, Smithsonian Regent Alexander Graham Bell and his wife Mabel went to Italy to oversee the exhumation of Smithson's remains and their transfer to Washington, D.C.
CONTAINED WITHIN:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 5E, Folder 7
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
TOPIC:
Burial
Smithson family
Regents
Transportation
Boats and boating
Princess Irene (Ship)
STANDARD NUMBER:
90-9025
RESTRICTIONS:
No restrictions
DATA SOURCE:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div