photograph album composed of ledger pages

photograph album

Photograph album of Merritt & Chapman; 578 photographs and newspaper clippings; most mounted on loose ledger pages; date range 1875-1933; most taken in Connecticut, New York, Rhode Island, Long Island Sound, a few in Massachuseetts and Maine; mostly marine construction, bridges, marine accidents; accessioning errors include 2008.28.10.154 skipped number, 2008.28.10.486 missing photograph or numbering error, 2008.28.10.284A and 2008.28.10.285A added; original description from vendor noted only 434 photographs, and noted "No. 7172" on inside ledger cover (ledger cover missing as of 8/10/2015.)