Steamship EL DORADO stranded in New York Harbor, NY, February 1896

gelatin silver print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
USA, NY, New York Bay
1896-02
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 "S.S. 'Eldorado' Stranded on Oyster I. N.Y. Harbor Feby 1896"; close-up stern view of steamship EL DORADO stranded in New York Harbor; see related photographs 2008.28.2.186-189; [Liberty, Ellis, and Black Tom Islands previously known as Oyster Islands.]

2008.28.2.187