Aerial view of steamship NORMANDIE at Pier 88, Hudson River, New York; probably August 1943

gelatin silver print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
USA, NY, New York
1943-08
paper
10-1/2 x 13-1/2 in.

Silver gelatin print from Merritt-Chapman & Scott; handwritten on back "'Normandie'", and "7", and "sec. C-3", and "for frame"; aerial view of steamship NORMANDIE at Pier 88, Hudson River, New York; probably August 1943, capsized and stripped of superstructure after fire of February 9, 1942; see related photographs 1962.861-870; photograph in Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corp. book "Industrial Engineering Construction: Marine Salvage, Heavy Hoisting", page IX-30, caption "The ship begins to right itself."

1962.868