Steamboat CATSKILL raised after sinking in Hudson River, September 15, 1897

gelatin print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation; Merritt & Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.
USA, Hudson River
1897-09
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 "286"; handwritten in negative at bottom "Steamboat 'Catskill.'/ Sept 1897. After being raised, patched up,/ and pumped out by the Merritt & Chapman D.& W. Co."; Hudson River, New York; West Side Rail Road Company sidewheel steamer ALBANY in background left, schooner docked background right; see duplicate 1964.520.121. Ref: Norman Brouwer, 2010.

2008.28.3.39