Ferry CHICAGO sunk off Pier 13, New York harbor by collision with steamship AUGUSTA, October 31, 1899
gelatin print
PHOTOGRAPHSMerritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
USA, NY, New York
1899-10-31
paper
4-1/2 x 6-1/2 in.
Gelatin print in album 2008.28.3 of Merritt & Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.; handwritten in negative lower left "639"; handwritten on album page below photograph "Raised Dec. 7th 1899", and in middle of album page "FERRY BOAT 'CHICAGO.'/ Sunk off Pier 13, N.R. by collision with S.S. 'Augusta' on Oct. 31st 1899."; floating derricks raising submerged vessel, Hudson River, New York; see duplicate 2008.28.4.126; see 2008.28.3.96-99 for same scene.
2008.28.3.96