Lighter HELEN F. ROBBINS with her load of burning cotton, Erie Basin, Brooklyn, NY, December 3, 1891

cyanotype

PHOTOGRAPHS
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation; Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.
USA, NY, Brooklyn, Erie Basin
1891-12-03
paper
4-1/2 x 6 in.

Cyanotype in photograph album 2008.28.1; Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation Collection; handwritten in pencil on album page "No 2", and "Scow 13 loaded with/ burnt cotton at/ Erie Basin", and in ink "Ltr. 'Helen F Robbins'/ with her load of burning/ cotton under controll/ Dec. 3rd 1891 by Scow 13"; rubberstamped on photograph "Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co."; view of deck loaded with burnt bales of cotton; see related photograph 2008.28.1.8.

2008.28.1.2