Battleship ILLINOIS, New York harbor during the reception of Prince Henry of Prussia, 1902

gelatin silver print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
USA, NY, New York Bay
1902
paper
4 x 5-7/8 in.

Gelatin silver print in photograph album 2008.28.4 of Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation salvage operations; handwritten in negative and on photograph lower left "993"; starboard view of US battleship ILLINOIS with banner "WELCOME PRINCE HENRY", probably in New York Harbor, 1902, when she was flagship of Rear Admiral R. D. Evans during the reception of Prince Henry of Prussia; scrapped 1956; from original negative 1964.660.186; see related photographs 2008.28.4.433-435.

2008.28.4.435