Captain Charles D. Sigsbee, survivor of the sinking of the USS MAINE, seated in wicker chair on deck, circa 1898
gelatin silver print
PHOTOGRAPHSMerritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1898
paper
6-3/8 x 3-7/8 in.
Silver gelatin print in photograph album 1964.520 of Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation salvage operations; handwritten lower right "335", and in negative lower left "CAPT. SIGSBEE. / U.S.S. MAINE. -", and at bottom "COMPLIMENTS OF MERRITT & CHAPMAN / DERRICK & WRECKING CO."; Captain Charles D. Sigsbee, who survived the sinking of the USS MAINE, seated in wicker chair on deck, circa 1898; see duplicate print 2008.28.3.56, and related photographs 88-93, 188-196, 198.
1964.520.196