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The John Henry Moore Collection contains photographs depicting Palm Beach County in 1899 related to the recovery of the shipwreck Lofthus and activities of John Henry "Harry" Moore, who was a local carpenter at the time. Moore worked on canals in Palm Beach County. Images feature Captain Thomas Moore Rickards, Boca Raton Civil Engineer employed by the Florida East Coast Railway and also Boca Raton's first settler. Other subjects pictured are local workmen, the shipwreck of the Lofthus with its lumber cargo, and the shipwreck of Oh Kim Soon. Additional images are of railroad tracks and materials transport with a windlass, Moore's boat house, and a portrait of John Henry Moore.