Looking aft on Steamship GERMANIC, New York, NY, February 11, 1899

gelatin print

Gelatin print in album 2008.28.3 of Merritt & Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.; handwritten in negative lower right "511"; handwritten in negative lower left "LOOKING AFT S/S 'GERMANIC'/ FEB 11, 1899./ COMPLIMENTS OF MERRITT & CHAPMAN D & W Co."; handwritten on album page below picture "Looking Aft on S.S. 'Germanic'."; snow and ice-covered vessel, men climbing rigging; see 2008.28.3.83-87 for salvage scenes; see article in The New York Times, Feb. 12, 1899.