Damaged ferry CHICAGO at Brooklyn Navy Yard after collision with steamship AUGUSTA on October 31, 1899
gelatin silver print
PHOTOGRAPHSMerritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
USA, NY, Brooklyn
1899-10-31
paper
4-3/8 x 5-1/4 in.
Gelatin silver print in photograph album 2008.28.4 of Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation salvage operations; view of damaged hull of ferry CHICAGO, 3 men on vessel and 2 men on dry dock, probably Brooklyn Navy Yard; captions from duplicate 2008.28.3.99, "Hole caused by collision", and "FERRY BOAT 'CHICAGO.'/ Sunk off Pier 13, N.R. by collision with S.S. 'Augusta' on Oct. 31st 1899."; see related photographs 2008.28.4.132-135 and 2008.28.3.96-99.
2008.28.4.133