Pumping out ferry ANNEX NO. 5 after fire on Communipaw Flats, Jersey City, NJ, March 31, 1897

gelatin silver print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
USA, NJ, Jersey City, Communipaw
1897-03-31
paper
4-5/8 x 6-5/8 in.

Silver gelatin print in photograph album 1964.520 of Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation salvage operations; handwritten on album page twice "Page 5", on photograph lower left "199", and in negative at bottom "Pumping Out Ferry Boat Annex No. 5. / Grounded & Flooded on Commanipau Flats after Fire of / March 31. 1897. / Compliments of Merritt & Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co."; pumping out ferry ANNEX NO. 5 after fire on Communipaw Flats, Jersey City, NJ, March 31, 1897; lighter HUSTLER and tugboat N.B. STARBUCK alongside; see duplicate print 2008.28.4.85; see related photographs 1964.520.44-50.

1964.520.47