Tugboat JAMES D. NICHOL foundered off Sea Bright, NY, June 24, 1894
gelatin print
PHOTOGRAPHSMerritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation; Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.
USA, NJ, Sea Bright
1894-06-24
paper
4-1/2 x 6-1/2 in.
Gelatin print in album 2008.28.3 of Merritt & Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.; printed in negative lower left "127" and lower right "COMPLIMENTS OF/ CHAPMAN DERRICK & WRECKING CO."; handwritten on album page below picture "Tug 'JAMES D. NICHOL'/ After being raised. Foundered off Sea Bright in 45 feet of water with Sunday fishing excursion drowning about 20 people. June 24th 1894."; bow views of tugboat WALLACE B. FLINT at left and tugboat JAMES D. NICOL at right.
2008.28.3.9