Aftermath of fire on auxiliary schooner SUNBEAM, Fort Tilden, NY, October 30, 1944

silver print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Sylvia, Richard Pratt
USA, NY, Fort Tilden
1944-10-30
paper
overall: 10 x 12-3/4 in.; image: 8 x 10 in.

Silver print; black-and-white photograph mounted on black photograph album page, aftermath of fire on auxiliary schooner SUNBEAM (built 1922), CGR-1923, October 30, 1944; SUNBEAM is tied to pier in Fort Tilden, NY Coast Guard station basin, many crew on deck, some with fire extinguishers, many spectators on pier, one man sitting with fire hose, no visible exterior damage. Included in photograph album 2007.44.2. Print reproduced from original negative (1997.108.255) by Richard Pratt Sylvia.


2007.44.2.77

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