Ferry PLAINFIELD burned and sunk off Ellis Island, September 14, 1900
gelatin print
PHOTOGRAPHSMerritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
USA, NY, New York Bay
1900-09-14
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 "767"; handwritten on album page below "FERRYBOAT 'PLAINFIELD'/ BURNED and Sunk off Ellis Island Sept 14, 1900"; derrick barges and Jersey City coal trestle pier in background [Ref: Norman Brouwer, 2010]; see original negative 1964.660.127; see duplicate 2008.28.4.247; see similar view 2008.28.3.135.
2008.28.3.134