British steamship DRUMELZIER ashore at Fire Island, Long Island, NY, December 26, 1904

gelatin print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
USA, NY, Fire Island
1904-12-26
paper
4-1/4 x 6-1/4 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.]"; handwritten in negative lower right "S.S. 'DRUMELZIER,'/ Ashore at Fire Island,/ Dec 26 - 04."; view of deck, awash; see related photographs 1964.521.117-120; see duplicate print 2008.28.9.565 (neg no. 1818); the rescue of the crew took several days; see accession file for New York Times articles December 27, 29, 1904, and January 8, 1905; see USLSS Annual Report June 30, 1905.

1964.521.120