Deck awash, probably British steamship ACARA aground off Jones Inlet, Long Island, NY, March 1, 1902
gelatin silver print
PHOTOGRAPHSMerritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
USA, NY, Long Island, Jones Inlet
1902-03-01
paper
4-1/4 x 6-1/4 in.
Gelatin silver print in photograph album 2008.28.4 of Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation salvage operations; handwritten lower left "1051"; deck awash, probably British steamship ACARA aground off Jones Inlet, Long Island, NY, March 1, 1902; see related photographs 2008.28.4.482-491, 494-495; see accession file for account of wreck; vessel broke up, crew rescued; cargo included tea and 12,000 tin ingots.
2008.28.4.494