Raising ferry CHICAGO after collision with steamboat AUGUSTA, Pier 13, Hudson River, New York, NY, October 31, 1899
gelatin silver print
PHOTOGRAPHSMerritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
USA, NY, New York
1899-10-31
paper
4-3/8 x 6-1/2 in.
Gelatin silver print in photograph album 2008.28.4 of Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation salvage operations; handwritten on back "Pontoons alongside/ Chicago"; salvage operation, men on deck of unidentified vessel; captions from duplicate 2008.28.3.97, "Looking across Pontoons", and "FERRY BOAT 'CHICAGO.'/ Sunk off Pier 13, N.R. by collision with S.S. 'Augusta' on Oct. 31st 1899."; Hudson River, New York; see duplicate 2008.28.3.97; see 2008.28.3.96-99 for same scene.
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