Floating derrick MONARCH raising dredge PACIFIC, Delaware Bay, January 5, 1897

gelatin silver print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
USA, Delaware River; USA, DE, Wilmington
1897-01-05
paper
4-1/2 x 6-1/2 in.

Gelatin print, mounted on cloth, in album 2008.28.3 of Merritt & Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.; printed in negative lower left "265"; handwritten in negative at bottom "Dredge 'Pacific'/ Sunk Dec 20th in Delaware River of[f] Wilmington./ Raised by Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co. Jan. 5th 1897."; from original negative 1964.660.69; possibly same subject as 2008.28.2.15, duplicate of 2008.28.3.30; Ref: Norman Brouwer on duplicate 2008.28.3.30, derrick barge MONARCH raising the dredge PACIFIC.

2008.28.2.18