One crew member holds a small dog. Another holds up a bell.   Handwritten on verso:  Alice A. Leigh 4 m. bark Capt. W.J. Gorst  The Alice A. Leigh was built in Whitehaven, England, by the Whitehaven Shipbuilding Company, in 1889. The ship was nearly sunk by a German submarine in October 1916, but the submarine was chased away by a French destroyer.
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