British steamship DRUMELZIER ashore at Fire Island, Long Island, NY, 2 men on ice-covered deck, December 26, 1904

gelatin print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
USA, NY, Fire Island
1904-12-26
paper
4 x 6 in.

Gelatin print in album 1964.521 of Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation; handwritten on album page "SS 'DRUMELZIER' BR./ ASHORE AT FIRE ISLAND DEC. 26, 1906[sic.]"; 2 men on ice-covered deck, vessel partly submerged; see related photographs 1964.521.117-120; the rescue of the crew took several days; see New York Times articles December 27, 29, 1904, and January 8, 1905; see USLSS Annual Report June 30, 1905.

1964.521.119