ARNOLD & MT. PELEE - 1902

A VOLCANIC DISASTER IN MARTINIQUE
C.D. ARNOLD'S INVOLVEMENT FOR THE RECORD
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ERUPTION OCCURED MAY 8TH - ABOUT 28,000 + PEOPLE DIED
IN A SERENDIPITIOUS EVENT ON EBAY, I FOUND FOUR PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN BY C.D. ARNOLD IN 1902 SHOWING THE POST-ERUPTION SCENES OF MOUNT PELEE ON THE ISLAND OF MARTINIQUE.
   ITS UNKNOWN HOW ARNOLD TRAVELLED TO THE SITE - MANY MILITARY AND PRIVATE SHIPS WENTTO MARTINIQUE CARRYING RELIEF SUPPLIES, SCIENTISTS, NEWS REPORTERS, ETC. THESE ARE THE ONLY KNOWN ARNOLD PRINTS TO SURFACE. THEY ARE ROUGHLY 6X9" PLATINUM PRINTS.  RESIDENTS OF MARTINIQUE TODAY INVOLVED WITH THE HISTORY OF THIS HORENDOUS VOLCANIC ERUPTION  HAVE NEVER SEEN PHOTOS BY ARNOLD.
OBVIOUSLY ARNOLD WOULD HAVE TAKEN MORE THAN FOUR PHOTOGRAPHS.  WHO HE TOOK THEM FOR (IF NOT FOR HIMSELF) AND WHAT BECAME OF THE REMAINDER OF THE PRINTS IS UNKNOWN.  THESE PRINTS ARE NUMBER 1,2,9,10. I DOUBT THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A PROJECT ARNOLD DID ON HIS OWN, THE ASSUMPTION IS HE WAS HIRED BY SOMEONE TO DO THIS PROJECT.
RIGHT & BELOW
MOUNT PELEE FROM THE WATER

RIGHT- NORTH END ST. PIERRE

BELOW - LIGHTHOUSE & FOUNTAIN,  ST. PIERRE