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Gleason's Pictorial, 1852 September 11
- Title
- Gleason's Pictorial, 1852 September 11
- Identifier
- P1707
- Date
- 1852 September 11
- Description
- Gleason's Pictorial (September 11, 1852) which includes an article about the collision on Lake Erie between the steamer "Atlantic" and the propeller-driver "Ogdensburg." The donor, Bruce Weaver, discovered that his great-great-great grandmother, Marit Rødvang, and her family, miraculously survived the shipwreck. An article about the 1852 collision was written by Abraham Jacobson, and was featured in the 1902 issue of the Decorah Postin about Marit Rødvang and the family's harrowing journey to America. Approximately 500 people were on board the Atlantic and only 200 were rescued. Also, "Forgotten Shipwreck, Recovered Memory," by Bruce Weaver (Budstikken, May, 2006). Added Aug. 18, 2015: "Awful Calamity! The Steamship Atlantic Disaster of 1852," by Justin Wargo (Wisconsin Magazine of History, Winter 2014-2015).
- Location: 14/A/2, 68/B/3
- Extent
- 1 folio
Collection
Citation
“Gleason's Pictorial, 1852 September 11,” Norwegian American Historical Association, accessed October 17, 2026, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/catalog/items/show/10636.