Steamship GEORGE W. CLYDE and tugboat AMERICA, Erie Basin, Brooklyn, NY, March 9, 1896

gelatin silver print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
USA, NY, Brooklyn, Erie Basin
1896-03-09
paper
4-5/8 x 6-1/2 in.

Gelatin silver print in photograph album 2008.28.2 of Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation salvage operations; handwritten in album "SS 'Geo W. Clyde" going in Boston Dk/ Erie Basin, Mar 9th 1896"; port view of steamship GEORGE W. CLYDE and bow view of tugboat AMERICA, Erie Basin, Brooklyn, NY, March 9th 1896; see related photographs 1964.660.66 and 2008.28.2.190-197; see New York Times article March 1, 1896, for account of marine accidents in fog.

2008.28.2.196