Floating derrick RELIANCE hoisting sunken barge IOWA, Newtown Creek, New York, NY, September 1895

gelatin silver print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
USA, NY, New York, Kings, Newtown Creek
1895-09
paper
4-1/2 x 6-1/2 in.

Gelatin silver print in photograph album 2008.28.2 of Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation salvage operations; handwritten on album page "Derrick 'Reliance' with Bge 'Iowa' in chains/ Newtown Creek Sept 1895"; floating derrick RELIANCE hoisting sunken barge IOWA, Newtown Creek, New York, NY, September 1895; see related photograph 2008.28.2.162, and duplicate 2008.28.4.67.

2008.28.2.161